Go to this link, http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm
here are 4 ways to turn it off. I usually use option 4. Microsoft will provide you with replacement media, I am guessing $20.00 or so. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246 Dan On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 17:27 -0400, Fuzzy Zabriskie wrote: > > > > I usually just linger trying to learn. > > A couple of things though; > > 1. You can easily turn off UAC if you do not like it. > > nods. > > Is that an option with TweakVI or a special utility? > Can the constant 'its not on' messages be suppressed? > > > > 2. Most new computers have a partition with the OS on it and a utility > > to allow you to make a set of CD's. > > Dan > > > > It did but the media was bad :(. > the program then refused to rerun them. > > I guess the powers-that-be never heard of > of optical disk getting scratched or being > defective, or hard drives crashing. > > I did explain the bad media issue, and the mfg > was willing to snailmail a set so I guess if one > complains one can can get them. > > I even asked if there was a registry tweak to tell > the program to forget the set was made, (so as to recreate > them). > > They also told me the disks they were sending could not > be imaged even on a unix-like OS using dd, that didn't > seem reasonable either. If the OS isn't sold but licensed, > why restrict a legal reinstall due to hardware crash? > Aren't they OEM versions supposed to be tied to the hardware? > > I can image the hard drive with Acronis True Image Home to > an external hard drive and use its bootable media to restore > that image. Why try to keep a user from imaging the recovery disks? > They are hardware dependant anyway. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. > Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user