Alternative to turning UAC off

[[EJ] Bean]

Ok everybody has been saying that the only way to make maps correctly is to turn UAC off, because some files are never created or can only be seen by the programs that created them. But, if your not the only computer user in your house, like me, it hard to protect your pc from malware if UAC is off. So as an alternate you go to every program you use, right click the icons, and then go to properties. there should be a tile that says 'compatability' click on it, then down at the bottom of the window 'check the box that says run as administrator. Then press apply. Once you do this you won't have to run as administrator manualy everytime you open the program.

Now i noticed that some of my files will disapear, but then i also noticed in windows explorer that a new tile appeared next to 'burn' labled 'compatability files'. Apparently, whenever a program makes a new file it actualy goes into the semi hidden folders. Just click on the tile and cut&paste the files into the directory they should have gone into. I hope this helps.

[Con]

I personally just turned off UAC and tend not to download malware-infested crap.

[[EJ] Bean]

Yeah, but you may not have three sisters who do that all the time.

'I'd Rather be safe than sorry.'

[Con]

ugh, that's the dumb thing about sharing a computer with younger kids who don't know what they're doing. Good thing I'm an only child :v

[Syuusuke]

And good thing I have an older smarter brother. =D

I totally forgot about the UAC thing after I turned it off.

[[EJ] Bean]

ugh, that's the dumb thing about sharing a computer with younger kids who don't know what they're doing. Good thing I'm an only child :v

LOL, they're all older than me by atleast 5 years. Do you know what places like myspace and facebook install on your pc? And ofcourse they got to have thier music.

[Con]

>_<

No, I've never used them. That's a new low for myspace and facebook.

[dcemuser]

Well, I'm sure Myspace's and Facebook's advertisers install tracking cookies, but it is the links off of myspace and facebook that are the adware/malware-infested ones.

[et_cg]

Actually, as for MySpace, the only reason you'd recieve anything is if you for one, click on those retarded bulletins. And/or click the yellow bar at the top that warns you about potential security risking scripts.

If you tell them to avoid clicking the top bar, and looking at retarded bulletins, you will have the remedy for turning UAC off.

Trust me, I'm the only one who uses this computer, and the only one that uses it for MySpace. Of course for the years and years of being on the internet, I'm completely familiar with phising, and add-on shit that will cause many problems in the long run.

For about the last 2 years I have not used a single anti virus program, and have done about every 6-8 months a spyware checkup, and everything is clean.

All it takes is just creating good surfing habits and following simple rules. See if you can help them recognize things like that, and you will safely be able to turn UAC off. Also, if you set their user accounts to limited, you won't have a problem. You will be required to log in if they want to install something, and you can simply review what they did, where they were, and do what you want.

[[EJ] Bean]

I'm making them use the guest account. Yet everytime they use the computer I can pull atleast 100 files off of the account with ad-aware personal. Myspace and Facebook were only examples, I have no idea where they go on a regular basis besides those two websites.

[et_cg]

You should debreif them with simple methods, and common terms of sense for internet usage. It's up to them to take it from there...

[Dr Nick]

If you have 3 sisters who do it, your computer's fucked already. Just turn it off and get rid of a nuisance. The benefits definitely outweigh the risks.

[Llama Juice]

Bought my own PC... when I turned UAC off it made Vista somewhat bearable

The whole FileSharing thing stucks in Vista though compared to XP... bah.