How can I disable this? It comes up everytime I open something with RAR and
since I have to use that a lot I'm tired of getting the prompt. Any help
would be appreciated.

You can turn it off by getting into the User Accounts applet in control panel.
Be aware, turning off UAC will also turn off protected mode in IE7.

"RedOtter" wrote:

Hello RedOtter...

This is one of the fundamental components of Vista, its called UAC (User
Access Control), it is built in to help protect your pc from infections..

If you turn it off then you bring your pc security back to XP level persay

It can be annoying at first but I now expect it to happen and when it
doesn't that feeling is better. Reverse your conception, expect the window
to pop up and when it doesn't... ;-)

Saying all that , UAC can be turned off but search this NG for how to do
that.


"RedOtter" <RedOtter> wrote in message
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"POP" <iknowyouwant> wrote in message
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> Hello RedOtter...
>
> This is one of the fundamental components of Vista, its called UAC (User
> Access Control), it is built in to help protect your pc from infections..
>
> If you turn it off then you bring your pc security back to XP level persay
>
> It can be annoying at first but I now expect it to happen and when it
> doesn't that feeling is better. Reverse your conception, expect the window
> to pop up and when it doesn't... ;-)
>
> Saying all that , UAC can be turned off but search this NG for how to do
> that.

It's easy enough through the help facility.

Help/security search for UAC and follow the instructions.

WARNING! - Turning off UAC causes all kinds of problems(way too numerous for
me to list), nothing but headaches. This new Vista O/S is nothing but pure
unadulterated JUNK in my personal opinion. I, for one, am testing the Linux
Ubuntu O/S. Now the MS Gurus that hang out here will tell you that it is
worse than Vista, but I take that with a grain of salt and will form my own
opinion. Going back to XP is sticking your neck out since the history of MS
is that once a new O/S like Vista is finally forced on the public, MS cuts
all support for previous O/S's - usually within one year. Make your own
decision on what I have just said. I am not a programmer, nor am I a MS
Guru, and not even a Linux Guru . . . Just a retired geezer who likes to use
his own computer and not have to ask Billionaire Gates' permission to do so!


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paparowe wrote:
> WARNING! - Turning off UAC causes all kinds of problems(way too numerous
> for me to list), nothing but headaches.

Not true! It's the very first thing I disable in Vista (all three of my
installs). I know the MVP's don't recommend you do this but in the year
since I've been disabling it I've not had one problem that can be
attributed to a disabled UAC.

This new Vista O/S is nothing
> but pure unadulterated JUNK in my personal opinion. I, for one, am
> testing the Linux Ubuntu O/S. Now the MS Gurus that hang out here will
> tell you that it is worse than Vista, but I take that with a grain of
> salt and will form my own opinion.

Vista is different than XP and some people can't get used to that idea.
They thought it was just an "eye-candied update" to XP. There is nothing
wrong with Vista-nothing.
Linux (any distro) is a fascination that quickly turns into a hobbie and
then a real job. If all you do is surf the web, no problem. But try to
use it in a business where you have to be financially productive and
interface with others using Windows or Macs.
Good luck. Been there done that and it will ruin your life!

Going back to XP is sticking your
> neck out since the history of MS is that once a new O/S like Vista is
> finally forced on the public, MS cuts all support for previous O/S's -
> usually within one year.

There are two more years of support for XP and you can get another five
(optional) if needed.

Make your own decision on what I have just
> said. I am not a programmer, nor am I a MS Guru, and not even a Linux
> Guru . . . Just a retired geezer who likes to use his own computer and
> not have to ask Billionaire Gates' permission to do so!

Make your decision based on the real facts. I have yet to ask BG for
permission to do any damn thing!

Frank

Like I said, I will make my own decision - and YES, I honestly believe Vista
is just another word for JUNK! In order to make it work as advertised you
have to do all kinds of "workarounds" reminiscent of writing your own
programs. It might be fun for programmers, but it sure ain't for me. And
since when have you run something on Vista when you haven't been faced with
the little pop-up that says you have to get permission to run the program?
Dream on young man, dream on - and watch out for that stuff you been
drinkin`, it is causing halucinations already! ;-))
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paparowe wrote:
> Like I said, I will make my own decision - and YES, I honestly believe
> Vista is just another word for JUNK!

That's your opinion...and it's a very minority opinion.

In order to make it work as
> advertised you have to do all kinds of "workarounds" reminiscent of
> writing your own programs.

Where in the world did you get that idea?

And since when have you run something on Vista when you
> haven't been faced with the little pop-up that says you have to get
> permission to run the program?

Since I disabled UAC. It's that simple.

Dream on young man, dream on

I haven't been called young for over 40 years now.
Hold on...that's the age of my son!

and watch out for that stuff you been drinkin`, it is causing
halucinations already! ;-))

Sorry, but green tea is about as strong as it's get! :-)

Good luck with linux...cause you'll need it!
Frank

Dig perhaps a little deeper. Search the NG for accessing security policies
(secpol.???). It's under ADMIN services or something thereof. Scroll down a
ways, and choose the 'level of elevation' choices. There's 2 or 3. Just
change the default value to 'don't notify for elevation prompts' or something
similar. UAC is a pain in the ass, but it's like not wearing a condem when
you go to Vegas :)

"Frank" wrote:
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jim_from_il wrote:
> Dig perhaps a little deeper. Search the NG for accessing security policies
> (secpol.???). It's under ADMIN services or something thereof. Scroll down a
> ways, and choose the 'level of elevation' choices. There's 2 or 3. Just
> change the default value to 'don't notify for elevation prompts' or something
> similar. UAC is a pain in the ass, but it's like not wearing a condem when
> you go to Vegas :)
>
> "Frank" wrote:
>
And you're answering whose question?
Frank

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:15:26 -0700, Frank wrote:


> Linux (any distro) is a fascination that quickly turns into a hobbie and
> then a real job. If all you do is surf the web, no problem. But try to
> use it in a business where you have to be financially productive and
> interface with others using Windows or Macs. Good luck. Been there done
> that and it will ruin your life!
>>

Well Frank, since you are so enamoured with "real facts", how about if you
don't use your personal experience to make unsupported anecdotal
statements. GNU/Linux works just fine (most distros) for people who know
how to use it, just like Windows does. I wonder how you define
"financially productive". What is the cost in time/money of 'cleaning' a
compromised system and which systems have needed the most 'cleaning' over
say, the last 10 years? In addition, I am "interfacing" with Windows users
at this moment, can't you read my comments? Guess which operating system
I'm using.

Actually, I don't have anything against Vista, not trying to support the
poster you responded to, I think the comments are over-the-top. Some of my
friends use Vista. ;-) I will mention that Ubuntu is not problem free
either and I'm not sure someone who has a problem with UAC will care for
sudo either. Not to mention the security issue with sudo as Ubuntu
implements it.

Ruin your life, indeed! I hope you mean that tongue-in-cheek. There is
very often a steep learning curve when something different is attempted,
you weren't born knowing how Windows works either, or where to look for
things. I'm certainly not going to try and don't even want to advocate
anything other than Vista in an MS Vista newsgroup. But, people should use
what works for them and not trash what they don't understand. I mean that
for both of you to consider. Given an already installed and correctly
configured computer, many users could use any of the three you mentioned,
if the applications resembled each other sufficiently that they could
figure where to click to do what they want. And most of them don't care
what it is, just that it works. Many of them also could not successfully
install Vista and make it work correctly if they need a driver for
hardware that doesn't have a native Windows one or if they need something
that a wizard doesn't do for them. Gosh, many people can't even figure out
how to get the mail store from their old XP computer to the new Vista one.

I assume you're just responding to what you think is a troll, I have no
idea if it is or not but the poster also sounds like a person who had a
frustrating experience and is venting. There is enough of that
in the newsgroups these days to indicate to me that people are having
trouble with the Vista differences. Sounded like you were venting too.
But, not just MS newsgroups, have a look at the whining and crying over in
Debian GNU/Linux newsgroups, now that the new version has been released,
from people who didn't read the release notes before trying to upgrade.
Most people just don't like having to learn something new and it really
does seem to get harder as one gets older.

I have seen that you do post good advice, but there is sometimes a 'sharp
edge' to it and that tends to be unproductive and may even attract trolls.
....or people like me who 'lecture'.

I will now stop my OT posting, it won't help with the original problem
which I consider a feature not a bug.

Rodney

RedOtter wrote:
> How can I disable this? It comes up everytime I open something with RAR and
> since I have to use that a lot I'm tired of getting the prompt. Any help
> would be appreciated.

Is this WinRAR you're using? In the notes for Version 3.70 beta 4
(http://www.rarlab.com/rarnew.htm) is the following:
1. New "Request administrative access" option in "Advanced" page
of "Advanced SFX options" allows to create SFX archive,
which will request the administrative access when started
in Windows Vista.

Command line equivalent of this option is -iadm switch.

You might want to take a look at that option. I don't use WinRAR myself,
so can't comment further I'm afraid.

paparowe wrote:
> Like I said, I will make my own decision - and YES, I honestly believe
> Vista is just another word for JUNK! In order to make it work as
> advertised you have to do all kinds of "workarounds" reminiscent of
> writing your own programs. It might be fun for programmers, but it sure
> ain't for me. And since when have you run something on Vista when you
> haven't been faced with the little pop-up that says you have to get
> permission to run the program?

Last time I read that prompt, it didn't say I need to get permission,
but that I need to _give_ permission. That's asking me, not Gates ;o)

Personally I like UAC. But then when I had Windows 2000, I usually
logged on as a Power User rather than Administrator, so am used to
having to type a password to do administrative things. And from that
point of view I actually find UAC easier - rather than having to
remember that I need to be an administrator to change a particular
setting and select "Run as...", I just get a prompt when I try changing
that setting telling me I need to be an administrator and asking for the
password.

As for the original poster's problem... is this WinRAR? In the notes for
Version 3.70 beta 4 (http://www.rarlab.com/rarnew.htm) is the following:
1. New "Request administrative access" option in "Advanced" page
of "Advanced SFX options" allows to create SFX archive,
which will request the administrative access when started
in Windows Vista.

Command line equivalent of this option is -iadm switch.

You might want to look into that.
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