Hamilton Computer Services - Picobits Ltd. » security http://picobits.com the power of small Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:50:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Vista: A program needs your permission to continue http://picobits.com/2007/11/vista-a-program-needs-your-permission-to-continue/ http://picobits.com/2007/11/vista-a-program-needs-your-permission-to-continue/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:32:41 +0000 Angela http://picobits.com/tips/2007/11/15/vista-a-program-needs-your-permission-to-continue/ If you’ve recently switched to Vista, you’re probably aware of the really annoying prompt asking you if you really want to continue every time you’re making a change, installing a program, breathing, moving your mouse…  (If you’ve got some time, check out the really funny Mac commercial making fun of MS due to this “feature”.)

Vista User Account Control Nag Screen

Well, the good news is, you can turn it off.  The bad news is, if you’re not technically savvy at all, I wouldn’t recommend it.  A general rule of thumb I would say is if you know what C:\windows\system32 is (and don’t say “a folder”), you can probably go ahead and turn it off.

1.  Open Control Panel.

2.  Open the Security Center.

3.  Click “Change the way Security Center alerts me” (on the left)

4.  Click “Don’t notify me and don’t display the icon (not recommended)

Don’t notify me!

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