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When I go to User Accounts I don't have the "Change Security Settings"
option. I have all Admin. rights, so is there a setting I need to sctivate in order to see this option as listed below. Mark Jappert To turn UAC off: Click Start Click Control Panel Click User Accounts and Family Safety Click User Accounts Click Change Security Settings Uncheck the checkbox Click OK |
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Hello,
I believe the Change Security Settings option has been changed to "Turn User Account Control on or off" in Release Candidate builds. It is a blue link at the very bottom of the screen. -- - JB Windows Vista Support Faq http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |
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Found it and thank you very much. FYI-the reason I turned it off is because
all my documents created while running WinXP Pro are now read only when I try to save any changes, but when I look at them they aren't read only. So until I get this corrected I'll leave UAC off. Again, thanks, Mark "Jimmy Brush" wrote: Hello, I believe the Change Security Settings option has been changed to "Turn User Account Control on or off" in Release Candidate builds. It is a blue link at the very bottom of the screen. -- - JB Windows Vista Support Faq http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |
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The UAC can definitely be turned off but you will then have to deal with the
continual security warning. Marty "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message ... Hello, I believe the Change Security Settings option has been changed to "Turn User Account Control on or off" in Release Candidate builds. It is a blue link at the very bottom of the screen. -- - JB Windows Vista Support Faq http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |
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FYI-the reason I turned it off is because
all my documents created while running WinXP Pro are now read only when I try to save any changes Yes, this is a problem that many people will experience, unfortunately. Here's a solution that will allow you to use your files from Vista without disabling UAC (tho it is a bit involved). You should only do this on a folder that YOU created from Windows XP (or Vista), not a system folder. Although, it should be OK to do it on your My Documents, My Music, etc. folder. 1) Open an "administrator/root" explorer - Click start - Type explorer - right-click windows explorer - click run-as administrator 2) From the admin explorer, allow access from Vista - Browse to the folder you need access to - Right-click it - Click Properties - Click security tab - Click Edit - Click Add * If only your account needs acces, type your username * If every account on vista needs access, type: Users - Press enter - Click the checkbox under Allow next to Full control - Click OK - Click OK Repeat step 2 for all folders you need access to. -- - JB Windows Vista Support Faq http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |
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.... And I wasn't clear about this ... You should follow those steps inside
Windows Vista, not XP. -- - JB Windows Vista Support Faq http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |
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Yes you have a continuous Red Shield threatening you BUT now you can go
to websites and download and install the software you want and need. The ActiveX plugins will install properly. With UAC running I could not go to the MSN Money website and download and install the "MSN Money Investment Toolbox". With UAC turned off it installed and works just like it does under XP. If you turn it back on then it fails to work again and reports that it is unable to write to the registry. If UAC is my salvation from the evil and dangerous Internet then give me some instructions on how to let my applications run as they did under XP. Put a check box in the UAC permission box that allows me to give an application permanent permission so I am not asked the same question every single time I perform the same task. "Marty Felker" wrote in message ... The UAC can definitely be turned off but you will then have to deal with the continual security warning. Marty "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message ... Hello, I believe the Change Security Settings option has been changed to "Turn User Account Control on or off" in Release Candidate builds. It is a blue link at the very bottom of the screen. -- - JB Windows Vista Support Faq http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |