Everyone has probably already turned off the UAC, but I hadn't until today. I left those annoying popup dialogs, because I actually like the features it provides; not for me, but for when my kids are using my computer. And, let's be honest, once you had everything installed that you normally use, the popup dialog isn't really that annoying anymore.
Today I found a way to disable the UAC dialogs for only Administrators. That is cool! I haven't seen that done yet, so I tried it out and it works good! You can look here for the instructions to perform this tip, courtesy of HowToGeek.com.
Alternatively, you can create a plain-text file on your computer, name it with a .REG extension and put the following into it.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000000
Then, run that file. This registry key location was also courtesy of HowToGeek.com.
I stumbled upon a nice feature of Windows Vista Explorer. If you right-click on a folder in Explorer, it will provide you with a different set of options. One of them is "Open Command Window Here," that opens a DOS prompt with the selected folder as the default path. That is cool, since the Windows XP Command-Prompt Here PowerToy was invaluable.
UPDATED: After looking at it again, I noticed that there is one other additional item that is present when holding the Shift key down: "Copy As Path," which simply copies that folder's complete path into the Clipboard. Cool!
Here's a screen shot:
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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