Re: I bought a new computer yesterday... it came with VISTA <gasp>!!


"Jesus" <rustybucket666@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1174951147.910137.90080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 26, 11:25 am, Sandman <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1174916873.657789.252...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

"jerryeveretts" <ifree...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I installed a bunch of legacy programs not written for Vista, and all
> installed and ran without a hitch, although it did ask for my
> permission at the beginning of each install, but at least I didn't
> have to type the administrator password in each time like on my Mac.

At least? It's less secure and you're happy with that? :)

--
Sandman[.net]

Jeez, Sandman... all kinds of people are clamoring that UAC is
annoying because you have to click "Continue" to elevate to
Administrator-level, and you're complaining it's not secure enough
(and as a result, annoying enough)... just can't please everyone, can
you? ;-)



Actually just clicking Continue DOES NOT elevate to Admin level. To do that one must right click on the setup file pior to running it and select "Run as administrator" and then click Continue.

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