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The Annoying popup "Are you the the one doing this and are you sure".
I'm sure you are well aware now of the advantages and
disadvantages of UAC. It is great for non-admin users because
it protects their computer from themselves. For advanced
users, it can be a much different story causing many annoying
authorization pop-ups. This is most common when you are doing a
lot of activities that require admin rights such as installing
applications and configuring Windows Vista after a fresh install.
There is one practical solution to this issue that will help you
with the UAC pop-ups if they annoy you and still benefit from
the security of UAC.
This can be achieved by adjusting the local security policy to
essentially disable UAC for administrators while leaving it
enabled for low rights users. When you are using your PC for
normal day-to-day use, log in with your low rights account. If
you need to install a bunch of applications and make major
system configuration changes then log in with your admin
account. With fast user switching in Windows Vista you can
easily switch between your accounts with little effort.
Follow these steps to disable UAC only for administrators:
1. Click on the Start button and type in secpol.msc and hit
Enter.
2. Expand Local Policies and then Security Options.
3. Scroll to the bottom and locate "User Account Control:
Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode".
4. Right click on this setting and select Properties.
5. Set the value to Elevate without prompting.
6. Reboot.
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