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  Make sure you have the 64-bit drivers for your devices. : Prozium
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    ^^ Besides this, you don't have to worry much. UAC will annoy you when you are first setting up a machine... : aggressor
    • Disagree. Was at a friends trying to install something. Are you sure you want to do that? Yes yo... : Nixx2004
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    Should I have these like burned to CDs or will I be able to download and install them after I install Vis... : FPSDavid
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      Well you'll need your network/wireless driver at least. : giantshift
      • eh maybe not. vista has support for a lot of recent hardware. : re4ctor
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  If you know how to use a computer you should probably turn off UAC. It's for old women and businesses. : SockMonkeh
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    Disagree. Running as a limited user account makes it much, much harder to install most malware/rootkits/k... : antareus
    • It does, but few people want to bother with using runas and it's ilk. So everyone uses admin accounts. : RevRaven
    • Well I left it on but I had to turn it off because some older games don't work correctly with it on. : SockMonkeh
  • Agree. UAC is gay : mojo the helpr monke
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    Do Not Turn Off UAC: Get Norton UAC - http://www.nortonlabs.com/inthelab/uac.php Shockingly it's not s : glio1337
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      I've been using it for a few weeks now and I can honestly say it is awesome. White listing was the bigges... : glio1337
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        If your apps are written properly you shouldn't be seeing UAC prompts / not needing a white list. : rosewood
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          Tell that to EA, Mythic, and Blizzard... : walker270
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            Stop installing games into c:\program files\
            You need admin rights to write to that folder, which is why you are getting prompts on games. The only thing that belongs in that folder are static program files. Configuration files, settings, savegames, profiles and stuff like that has no place there. Very few game devs seem to grasp that, sadly, but it's easy to get around: Just install your games somewhere else.

            Nov 24, 2008 5:17am PST
            Stop installing games into c:\program files\ You need admin rights to write to that folder, which is why... : evildanish
        • I still wonder why application programming is so wacky, and evolved WORSE. things still don't even unins... : Downforce
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          you get a UAC prompt just to open computer management don't you? UAC routinely bothered me just with wind... : prancing_jackanapes
          • dont bring up computer management because they'll say if you need to go in there you're using windows wro... : dantastic
    • This makes it significantly more useful. : walker270
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      Wow, this changes my whole opinion of UAC. This eliminates a huge security problem plaguing all of compu... : spazzium
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        but masquerading seems like such an easy way to get around it. I dunno. we've seen this before. : Downforce
        • Its a much better system then just turning UAC off entirely and of course you would still run AV software : glio1337
        • Is it that easy to fake a binary checksum? : spazzium
    • Thanks for the link. : ahlee
  • TweakUAC ftw : PoopStewart
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    I always wonder, do you people that say you should turn off UAC run your linux desktop as root, or your o... : boarder2
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      I've experienced a comparable amount of "admin rights needed" popups on ubuntu. And yes you're right, tu... : glio1337
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        Yeah, basically if you have to turn off UAC then you don't know how to use Windows probably. That kind of... : ovrlrd
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          Actually you have to turn it off to play Jagged Alliance 2. And if you are not playing Jagged Alliance 2 ... : SockMonkeh
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            running it as an admin wont do the same thing? : feek
            • nope : SockMonkeh
      • Pre or Post Vista SP1? SP1 made UAC significantly more usable.... : walker270
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      it's really not a problem on your home computer : SockMonkeh
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        I just don't understand this. Sure, for probably a lot of people that come read the chatty threads here ... : boarder2
        • I'm not vehemently against it. I never disabled it until I had to for Jagged Alliance 2 but once I did I ... : SockMonkeh
  • haha here we go again : dantastic
• you don't really need to do anything special IMO. I installed vista64 and I didn't have to have any speci... : mojo the helpr monke
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  I had to do this with my laptop, fixes slow network performance http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/view... : Unleashed
  • then again my laptop is the 32bit version of vista : Unleashed
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  my Monitor didn't have WHQL 64bit drivers, only non-certified or whatever. Vista64 doesn't load non-W... : kevp
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    just pulled the old dell printer out of the closet. Dell 720 ink jet printer. No Vista64 drivers apparent... : kevp
    • use the regular drivers, worked fine for me with the same exact printer on vista64 : painangel
  • Unsigned drivers, or uncertified drivers? There's a difference. : antareus
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  A whole thread about Vista and nobody has warned to stick with XP yet? Okay fine: Don't do it! Stic... : DOOManiac
  • he's probably doing it for fun and doesn't mind creating work for himself : Luminair
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  There's no point in going Vista if you don't care about DirectX 10. : SlamDunk
  • But if you have more than 2GB of RAM, basically it's the way to go, as XP64 doesn't have a lot of compati... : Nitrium
  • I disagree. Vista has plenty of (mostly small, but relevant) features that I like and XP is missing. I ca... : ramshot
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  Fuck dude, don't do that. Vista sucks massive dicks. : OMGzImBurning
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    Ok, as my post above demonstrates, I disagree, so I'll bite. What exactly makes Vista suck massive dicks? : ramshot
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      Power users tend to hate Vista as it automates things. Take Vista's Explorer, for example. But the real m... : SlamDunk
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        Power users shouldn't be using Explorer in the first place on any version of Windows, IMO. It sucks. It's... : nudel
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          What should we be using? command.com? : AgentPothead
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            Directory Opus, IMO, but there are plenty of other file managers that are better than Explorer. : nudel
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              That doesn't look like it really adds anything to explorer.exe except a price tag? : AgentPothead
              • and tabs! It just looks like it adds a lot of bloat and a bunch of built in tools which I don't need. : Horn
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                I wrote this about Opus as people kept saying that (because the official website is garbage, TBH): htt... : nudel
                • By anything I meant more anything I would need their software to do for me. That is an awesome page thoug... : AgentPothead
                • Hmm, it appears that windows explorer can do all of the things you just mentioned with the exception of ... : OMGzImBurning
        • The only thing that I can think of off the top of my head about explorer sucking is the file copying mech... : Horn
    • here's my response; it got posted under the main thread. I had about 4 more points to put in, but fuck i... : OMGzImBurning
  • some of us like their OS to suck massive dicks instead doing it yourself : dfz0r
  • I'll take a bet that you haven't actually used vista yourself. : moshman
• I have been thinking about doing this as well. How does games perform on it? : risimage
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  Here are some great reasons for you 1. it uses too much memory to provide functionality i don't need. ... : OMGzImBurning
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    don't have a cow dude : nrgXs
    • ? i see no cows. But fuck vista. Really. : OMGzImBurning
• For starters, don't install the 64-bit version. : Trepex