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Stop User Account Control (UAC)

montsch — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:44:16 +0000

User Account Control (UAC) prompt usually occurs when you are trying to access or run an application. It is not obviously an error as it is only asking if you are allowing the application to proceed.

UAC in action

Microsoft didn’t create it for nothing. Primarily, User Account Control (UAC) has something to do with the security for your desktop. If you feel though that you are confident with taking control of security, and if you’re like me who is very annoyed every time it pops up, then just do this:

Open the Start Menu and select Control Panel

Select User Accounts

Select Turn User Account Control on or off

Uncheck the box next to “Use User Account
Control (UAC)…” and press OK

That easy.

You will then be asked to restart your computer to apply changes you’ve just made. After restarting, you can now say goodbye to those UAC prompts. To reverse its effect, just repeat the process.

Add “Take Ownership” Context menu

montsch — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:51:50 +0000

Some, or should I say, many folders in windows vista are protected from changes and
require administrative approval for you to change every time. This can be annoying specially when you’re in a hurry to delete a file or a folder. Good thing Rich of mintywhite.com created a “hack” to add “take ownership” on the context menu on explorer files/folders.

"Take ownership" context menu

Here’s how its done

First you just need to download the “take ownership” file here

- Unzip the archive and double click InstallTakeOwnership.reg.

- Click yes on the prompt

click "yes"

And you’re done!

How to use it?

Press and hold the “shift” key on your keyboard and right click on the file or folder that you wish to take ownership. Click “take ownership” context menu.

To uninstall, just double click the “RemoveTakeOwnership.reg” inside the archive.

Vista SP2 Target Release Date: 02/2009

montsch — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:27:39 +0000

Vista Ultimate SP2

At long last. Microsoft finally announces that they will be realeasing its “sequel” to their Windows Vista Service Pack1.

According to a Malaysian website that announced the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) dates for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 earlier this year, Microsoft will be releasing a final test version of Vista SP2 on February 2009. SP2 update includes Vista SP2 Windows Search 4, Bluetooth 2.1 wireless support, faster resume from sleep when a wireless connection has been broken and support for Blu-ray. Some of those features, including Windows Search and the Bluetooth support, have been available to Vista users for months through individual updates.

Sounds like a good news to Vista Owners like me