Just upgraded to Vista and annoyed with quirks that Microsoft considers as "features"? Follow these handy tips to make your transition from XP painless.
- Disable User Account Control
- Change preinstalled Vista features
- Save searches
- Improve program access with Quick Launch
- Use ready boost to improve system performance
Tip 1: Disable user account control
None of Vista's improved security features causes more aggravation than the User Account Control. While it's meant as a helpful safeguard for preventing you (or malware) from running a program that could cause problems on your system, its tendency to pop up too often can make it more annoying than useful. Microsoft advises that you not to disable it, but if you want to lose it -- and the pesky warning icon that will show up in the system tray when you do -- here's how.
- Click on the Start button, then click on Control Panel.
- Click on User Accounts.
- Click on User Accounts again.
- Click on "Turn User Account Control on or off".
- Click "Continue".
- Uncheck the box next to "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer" and click OK.
- Reboot your computer.
- Return to the Control Panel, then click on Security.
- Click on Security Center.
- Click on "Change the way Security Center alerts me".
- Click "Don't notify me and don't display the icon (not recommended)".
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starryheart2
03/01/2008 01:43 AM
Loved these tips!
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