Disable the "Allow this program" pop ups in vista

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darkhunter139

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Certain programs I open up say an unauthorized program wants to use ur PC allow or deny

Can I get that crap to stop popping up?

Also every time I put in my crysis CD it says ALLOW RUN autorun.exe and I have to click yes every time. Its annoying
 
darkhunter139 said:
What would you recommend?
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After installing Vista, turn uac off while you install your normal software and get it set up the way you like, then turn it back on. It rarely bothers you unless you install/uninstall a lot of stuff regularly.
 
darkhunter139 said:
What would you recommend?
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I personally disable it myself. I am willing to bet that in most cases an individual would just OK a UAC prompt for something bad anyway, so if it annoys you as much as it does me, turn it off. There are plenty of threads here debating this subject, if you are looking for pros and cons.
 
The benefit of UAC is only partly that it acts as a barrier to malware running at all; it also means that programs are usually run with standard user permissions and so there are significant barriers to security holes in those programs being exploited to do damage.
 
Dunno if it's mentioned in that thread or not, but I use Stardock's TweakVista to automatically approve UAC prompts. That way I get the protection of UAC without the annoyance.

I would think there's a free utility to do the same thing floating around.
 
General Crespin said:
Dunno if it's mentioned in that thread or not, but I use Stardock's TweakVista to automatically approve UAC prompts. That way I get the protection of UAC without the annoyance.

I would think there's a free utility to do the same thing floating around.
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If your version of vista has the group policy editor, you can use that to do that and more... I don't know if the home versions come with it. Business and Ultimate do. I can provide directions if needed.
 
General Crespin said:
I have Ultimate... please do provide instructions, I'd greatly appreciate it. :)
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Run gpedit.msc. Go to "Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options". On the right near the bottom are the UAC options. In this specific instance, go to "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for Administrators in Admin Approval Mode" and change from "Prompt for consent" to "Elevate without prompting". A reboot is most likely necessary for the UAC changes. There are several other options there as well, to disabling it, to elevation without the secure desktop, etc.
 
Though you are weakening security by doing so of course; you may find that acceptable, but just to note that it's not just "getting rid of annoying messages".
 
UAC can be disabled through the user account panel on a per user basis.

Though you should leave it on. I have and it doesn't bother me anymore. Probably because I am also using OSX and I have to enter my password to install apps or make system changes.
 
Mithent said:
Though you are weakening security by doing so of course; you may find that acceptable, but just to note that it's not just "getting rid of annoying messages".
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How is leaving UAC on, and turning off elevation requests, nullifying its whole virtualization thing for files and the registry and the like?
 
It's not nullifying security - as I said above, it's only partly a barrier to malware running. I was just noting that it's not necessarily a no-brainer; with automatic elevation, any program can get administrative rights without you knowing and then do what it likes. It would complicate an attack via a security hole from "run malicious code" to "create an executable containing malicious code and run it", but with prompts on, you'd suddenly get a request for elevation which you weren't expecting (all elevation requests should exclusively come as a direct result of user action).
 
Go to your control panel and then on AutoPlay. From there you can dictate what tries to run or not when you insert media. You'll get the effect you are looking for without disabling a major security feature.
 
griffinhart said:
Go to your control panel and then on AutoPlay. From there you can dictate what tries to run or not when you insert media. You'll get the effect you are looking for without disabling a major security feature.
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Thank you very much :)

That is much better. At least I dont have to hit run every time I put in a game now.
 
Since UAC moves several files (f.e. ini and mdb files located in program files) to places where they shouldn't be, disabling UAC after a period of use can lead to fatal problems with existing applications.

The only right way to deal with UAC is to disable it immediately after install and keep it that way.
 
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