Windows Vista Vista admin nag

Vista Ultimate, logged on as the only user, only one with admin rights. Every time I click to do a task that Vista deems "administrative ", the screen goes dark and a little nag dialog pops up "Are you sure you want to XYZ?" Duh. How do I kill the nag notification?
Johanna

 

Not recommended, but turn off UAC.

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

 

Not recommended because of increased security risk? It's annoying, though.
Johanna

PS You will be pleased to know that Norton 2006 is not Vista compatible, so one of my drives will be Symantec-free.

 

Suggest disabling net connection as well as uac to work offline and enable uac when surfing. Therefore would not do it in the registry. It's only a few dlicks away; in home it's in the user page in control panel.

 

Have had the nagging UAC disabled since my first introduction to Vista (beta in ~Mar 06) Now have Ultimate and still have UAC disabled. Have noticed no more problems than with XP or 2K. I run behind a wireless router, but because of Vista's incompatibility, it's wired - and have Avast running. I also have the firewall shut off. I run RoadRunner 24/7 have had little or no problems, and this is across a small home/repair-type network.
With the UAC enabled, it's just waaay too much security - for me. You could wear-out a mouse button before you get to the folder you want!!

 

Yeah!!! I'm so happy for you Johanna!!

 

Sparrow- are you serious? Wouldn't I just be better off with a good security program?
(Any suggestions? I have a couple of unused subscriptions to CA yet- anyone tried that combo?)

I have a cable connection, and I only go offline when the ISP does. The UAC is supposed to prevent malicious software from being able to do certain tasks, but none of the tasks that I've asked Vista to do were ever attacked/exploited in 7 years of XP. If I clicked it, then confirmed it, why should I have to do it again? I read a thread here from July where someone asked why the dialog box didn't have a "remember my answer" checkbox, and I think that is an excellent idea, if MS expects someone like me to keep the service running. I do not like having my screen go dark and having to authorize something I just asked for, and would give permission to on a global scale. Until the UAC can be "trained" like a firewall, it is a nuisance.

Where exactly does the real admin account live on Vista? I noticed I was never prompted to install a password during installation for the admin account. Does that mean they are all blank until they are set manually? I'll boot into Vista and ask the online help file that knows everything. At least it's not a dog or a paperclip.
Johanna

 

Hi Johanna,
Just threw the idea out since I'm trying it. Thought about just turning it off, and think that's sufficient with adaquate security, except that malware programmers are always one step ahead of antimalware programmers by a week or two, so the added security may occasionally save the day.

I also am on 24/7, but its easy to rt-click the icon and select disable/enable. Also, in Zonealarm one can set the internet lock.