Wow. I never thought I'd own a Mac, but it seems Vista is now more like Mac than ever. I try cleaning the registry with a Vista compatible utility and I'm denied permission to remove the bum keys. I've tried reinstalling Roxio and I'm told it's already installed, even though it's not (I've manually eliminated the registry keys and deleted the Roxio folder. How can it still think it's installed?)
There are so many things I'm denied permission from doing, and I'm the administrator! Who, or what, do I need to get permission from??
Is there a way I can gain godlike control over my own computer system again? I'm getting so sick of my screen going dark and having my system ask me if I'm sure I want to do what I'm sure I want to do.
I've been dethrown by Bill Gates!
For Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise:
1- Click Start, and type "secpol.msc" in the search area and click Enter. (You may receive a prompt from UAC, approve/login and proceed)
2- In the left list, choose "Local Policies", then "Security Options"
3- Set "Accounts: Administrator account status" to Enabled.
4- Set "User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account" to Disabled.
For Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium:
1- Click Start, and type "cmd" in the search area, right click on "Command Prompt" and select 'Run as Administrator".
2- In the command prompt type "net users Administrator /active'" (Note the capital "A" in Administrator) and press Enter, you will get a confirmation as "The command completed successfully".
3- Click Start, and type "regedit" in the search area and click Enter, navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Double click on "FilterAdministratorToken" and set it to "0"
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Now log-off, and you'll see new account named "Administrator" is available, click on it to login.
Open the Control Panel (Classic Style), then double click on "User Accounts", then in the "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off", UNCHECK the box for "User Account Control". Reboot the computer.
Once that's done, Vista may warn you of the lack of security by throwing a red or yellow warning shield in the lower right corner/system tray. You can disable that as well by opening Control Panel, then the "Security Center" icon, then select the "Don't Notify me and don't display the icon" option.
It won't cure all evils but should prevent many of the "Are you sure?" nag popups.
Hope this helps.
Grif
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