In Ubuntu, UAC feels less intrusive, is faster (why is Vista such a slow
dog?) and the implementation is cleaner, IMHO. In Vista, UAC feels like it
was dropped on top of the existing OS.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:03 AM, CyberAngel wrote:
> Yeah I agree, however if you switch to ubuntu you will s
must be the same as XP, but it
almost seems more vulnerable than XP when UAC is off. Just my $.02
-Original Message-
From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:03 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: First pc with Vista
Our office firewall is tightly co
ginal Message-
From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2008 2:03 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: First pc with Vista
Our office firewall is tightly controlled and (relatively) safe. I turn on
the firewall outside the office, and I definitely have anti-virus sof
Our office firewall is tightly controlled and (relatively) safe. I turn on
the firewall outside the office, and I definitely have anti-virus software
installed.
As for UAC, we all got along without it prior to Vista, so that makes me a
little skeptical of putting up with its many intrusions, altho
Whats your IP address, no firewall and UAC?
Hmmm invitation for trouble. I seriously hope that your computer is always
behind a corporate firewall, and fully up to date with Virus Protection,
because with the UAC being disabled, any program can do things they shoud
not be allowed too.
As for the
> -Original Message-
> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:11 PM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: Re: First pc with Vista
>
> Downloaded the latest driver from Xerox. Didn't try running it as
> admin
Downloaded the latest driver from Xerox. Didn't try running it as
administrator, but the UAC pops up and asks me for permission to
install it. Figured the default user is an administrator or is it not?
On Dec 14, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Vivec wrote:
> Tried downloading a latest driver version fro
Vista is the equivalent of a 5th grade science project that every school in
the state worked on- a bloated, discombobulated mess. Things "mostly" work
for me OK, after I turned off UAC and the firewall. Still, there are issues
that I can't resolve. There is some Sonic driver thing installed that I
Tried downloading a latest driver version from Xerox?
Is there a driver program with a setup.exe or something like that?
Do you run that with the Run as Administrator option instead of just
double clicking on it?
2008/12/14 Zaphod Beeblebrox :
> So my wife replaced her old eMachine with a brand ne
So my wife replaced her old eMachine with a brand new Dell Vostro with
Windows Vista installed on it. So far my impression of vista is far
from stellar. First off, and almost understandably, the USB Wireless
adapter is not compatible with it. It's an older model, but really,
how hard is
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