[Varmint Al]

I finally put in 1Gb of ram. It is running better now. How do you turn off UAC? I will be the only one using the computer and am the administrator on it.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[dayglored]

> How do you turn off UAC? I will be the only one using the computer and am the administrator on it.

I strongly recommend that you run as a "Power User", not as an Administrator. Elevate yourself to admin priv only when you need to (e.g. use the "RunAs" option). Especially if you plan to turn UAC off.

You're just asking to get stung, if you run with admin priv, and without warnings.

That said, if you have excellent A/V and anti-spy software installed and up-to-date, AND if you are extraordinarily careful (read: PARANOID) all the time, and never ever EVER click on links on webpages without first checking what the target really is in the status line, and never ever EVER visit social networking or porn sites, and never ever EVER click on links in email, even if they appear to come from people you know... then maybe you'll be okay.

Yes, I'm completely serious. That's basically how I run, under XP. Though, to be fair, I do most of my work on a Mac or on a Linux box. I use Windows only when I have to.

[Defiant]

I used a program called Vista Manager to adjust my settings, and it has an option to turn off UAC. I did that on my computer, but not on my wife's or my kids' computers.

You can also turn it off using Vista. I think you go to the control panel "System" and look for security settings. It will give you about 3 warnings before it lets you. Then it will bug you with a red task bar icon that you have to close. I found a way to get rid of that, too, but I don't remember how.

So far, no problems, but you should know how to be careful before turning it off. By the way, I bought 2 GB of RAM (2 1GB sticks) from Fry's yesterday for $14.99.