Re: Access to folders

Hi Rick
The link below has the instructions that will show you how to change all administrator account's UAC Privilege Level to keep UAC on and not prompt an administrator.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-user-account-control-uac-elevate-privilege-level.html?filter[11]=User Accounts

H Brown

"Rick" <rick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:pwiLl.29059$YU2.24495@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recently purchased a new laptop with Vista on it, and I continue to be frustrated by the layers of security I have to constantly wade through. I am the owner, administrator and sole user of this computer. It is used in my home and is not part of any LAN. Yet even though I am the administrator and only user, I still have to give myself permission before I can do certain things or run certain programs. Is there any quick and easy way I can change a setting somewhere so that I don't have to constantly give myself permission to do various things?

Also, I have managed to change the security settings on various folders by going into Properties so that I can access the folders freely and see and access all files. But there are certain folders like the main Windows folder where I can't quite get the settings right so that I can have full control over the folder. I still see certain things grayed out on security screens under Properties where I am trying to give myself full control.

I should mention that I have been a computer professional for more than 40 years so this is not a situation where it is likely I will "accidentally" delete something important or do something to destroy the integrity of the system. I have had a lot of experience over the years with earlier Windows operating systems and am pretty comfortable with Windows XP and its predecessors. But Vista is turning out to be a real pain, and for a single user, single computer environment like mine where I am not part of a network and am just using the computer for my own personal reasons, the security is excessive and annoying.

So again...my questions are these:

1) Is there an easy way I can give myself total control over all folders and files on the system?

2) Can I somehow get rid of those annoying "need your permission to continue" messages when the system ought to be smart enough to realize that I am an administrator and the only user?


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