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11-02-2009
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I want to completely disable all this security What I want to completely disable all this security as I only use trusted applications and am not connected to the internet. This added security is absolutely useless to me, and quite annoying. I want to be able to run things like I did in XP, no hassles, just double click it and off you go. I disabled the UAC (or put in on always silent), do I need to do something else to run everything, all the time as admin just by clicking it (no right click, run as admin)?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Studio 1737 OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Motherboard NA Memory 4GB Graphics Card Integrated Graphics Sound Card Integrated Monitor(s) Displays 2 PSU NA Case NA Cooling Air Hard Drives 320GB |
11-02-2009
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Run as administrator privileged account instead of standard user account.
Control panel | user accounts | change your account type
Less secure this way. Basically everyone runs this way though. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 |
11-03-2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Carey What I want to completely disable all this security as I only use trusted applications and am not connected to the internet. This added security is absolutely useless to me, and quite annoying. I want to be able to run things like I did in XP, no hassles, just double click it and off you go. I disabled the UAC (or put in on always silent), do I need to do something else to run everything, all the time as admin just by clicking it (no right click, run as admin)? No internet, so where are you getting updates from? Keep the security, XP is rubbish and that's one of the reasons. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio Z46GDU OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 CPU P9700@2.8GHz 1066MHz FSB Motherboard Sony branded Memory 6GB DDR3 1066MHz Graphics Card 9300M GS 256MB Dedicated (Speed) + Intel4500MHD (Stamina) Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 13.1' WXGA Screen Resolution 1600x900 Hard Drives 320GB 7200RPM w/ 16MB cache Internet Speed 1MB/s |
11-03-2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by torrentg Less secure this way. Basically everyone runs this way though. Only [high-chance of offensiveness was here] run that way honestly. Running with almost god powers all the time....is a fools game.
I am one of those that turn UAC fully on. Because I actually care about my security. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron e1705 OS Windows 7 (7600) x86 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2 GHz) Motherboard Unknown Dell MB Memory 2 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 (128 MB Dedicated) Sound Card SigmaTel HD Audio; Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM Monitor(s) Displays Laptop 17" Screen Resolution 1920x1200 Other Info Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz; 1GB; Windows 7 Ultimate) |
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Quote: Originally Posted by torrentg Run as administrator privileged account instead of standard user account.
Control panel | user accounts | change your account type
Less secure this way. Basically everyone runs this way though. I am running as an admin with the UAC on silent, however, it still restricts programs from writing to the program files etc. any way to change this? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Studio 1737 OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Motherboard NA Memory 4GB Graphics Card Integrated Graphics Sound Card Integrated Monitor(s) Displays 2 PSU NA Case NA Cooling Air Hard Drives 320GB |
11-03-2009
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takeown /f command or search tutorials for how to add functionality to right click menu in Windows Explorer | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 |
11-03-2009
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ok, so I took ownership of my entire c drive using takeown /f C:\ will that work? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Studio 1737 OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Motherboard NA Memory 4GB Graphics Card Integrated Graphics Sound Card Integrated Monitor(s) Displays 2 PSU NA Case NA Cooling Air Hard Drives 320GB |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carey What I want to completely disable all this security as I only use trusted applications and am not connected to the internet. This added security is absolutely useless to me, and quite annoying. I want to be able to run things like I did in XP, no hassles, just double click it and off you go. I disabled the UAC (or put in on always silent), do I need to do something else to run everything, all the time as admin just by clicking it (no right click, run as admin)? Bad idea, once you get a USB worm your going to be really messed up. Theirs a sticky thread here that has a link to get iobit security 360 legally free for a year. I would suggest you use that to stop USB worms (sorry, I'm on my iPhone) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP OS Windows 7 Enterprise x64 CPU AMD Athlon II X4 @ 2.6ghz Memory 8GB Graphics Card Galaxy 250 GTS 512MB Super-Clocked Screen Resolution 1600x900 PSU 700W OCZ StealthxStreme Cooling 2 Heatsink and 3 Fans Hard Drives 640GB hard Drive
1.5TB External Hard Drive Internet Speed 3MB/sec download, 322kb/sec upload |
11-03-2009
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Im sorry guys, but am I missing something here? Does this this new security replace security features in XP or add on top of them? In other words, if I disable UAC and get everything to run as admin am I losing any security relative to the security within XP? If not then I dont see the big deal in disabling it, I never got any viruses on XP so if I have the same habits and the same security I should be fine on 7 as well, correct? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Studio 1737 OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Motherboard NA Memory 4GB Graphics Card Integrated Graphics Sound Card Integrated Monitor(s) Displays 2 PSU NA Case NA Cooling Air Hard Drives 320GB |
11-03-2009
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#10 | | 7 Ultimate, Debian Squeeze, #! Statler |

Quote: Originally Posted by Carey 
Quote: Originally Posted by torrentg Run as administrator privileged account instead of standard user account.
Control panel | user accounts | change your account type
Less secure this way. Basically everyone runs this way though. I am running as an admin with the UAC on silent, however, it still restricts programs from writing to the program files etc. any way to change this? I'm an admin with UAC on "never notify."
What do you mean by programs writing to program files? Are you talking about the directory, "Program Files"?
After I turned off UAC, I haven't received any interruptions from it. For those who "care about their security," disabling UAC isn't a big deal if you know what you're doing. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Dimension 3100, iMac G3, Custom built OS 7 Ultimate, Debian Squeeze, #! Statler CPU AMD 4450e 2.4GHz, Intel P4 3.0GHz, PowerPC 400MHz I want to completely disable all this security problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:13 AM. |  |