just installed vista 64 bit and have a couple of questions

[hclarkjr]

i recently installed vista and have a couple of questions. the first being what happened to one click? instead of double click? i have searched through this OS all day and can not find it!!! the second is a little more serious, i am noticing that vista requires administrator privledges for everything. is there someplace to grant it permantely like in XP?

 

[mechBgon]

The User Account Control prompts normally settle down once your system's fully configured. If not, you should fix the root of the problem, instead of disabling User Account Control and losing security and functionality in the process. Some stuff will always require Admin approval, but that's a good thing... an exploit won't be able to snatch your Admin powers unchallenged.

 

[Seppe]

hey,
if ur looking to replace double click with single click here it is
control panel -> folder options -> general tab last box blablabla 🙂 can't miss it

 

[hclarkjr]

thank you for your help guys 🙂

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
I am noticing that vista requires administrator privileges for everything. is there someplace to grant it permanently like in XP?

Copy / pasted from the other thread:

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
It is not hard to disable UAC (the "confirm" / "permit" button that pops up when you try to perform certain tasks), go to Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Access Control On / Off > uncheck "Use User Access Control" and then hit ok. You will never have a "Confirmation" or "Permit" button step for your admin tasks again while logged into your administrative account.

If you wish to use a limited account (which is suggested), you can then just create a standard (limited) account and use it for most tasks (have the admin account passworded and login to it as needed or just do the old fashioned right click > run as *admin account* > *type password*).

If you leave UAC enabled (and use a limited + passworded admin account), the standard account will behave similar to linux, in that when you are not logged in as root (admin account), a popup will appear when you try to perform administrative tasks and then you enter your admin password, it then completes the administrative task (you remain in the limited account).