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    Vista help: How to you stop this thing from giving you certain secrity notifications?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MatLu, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. MatLu

    MatLu Newbie

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    Got my first Vista PC the other day and I'm loving it. One small problem, every time I turn on my computer, I get a stupid little security notification thing about how my User Account Controls are turned off. I purposely turned it off since it is so damn useless and pointless. I don't wish to be notified anymore about this. Unfortunately the only way to stop this notification, that I can see at least, is to turn off all of all alerts (which I don't want to do). Is there a way to create an exception to stop just this one notification?

    Thanks in advance for any help.
     
    MatLu, Nov 26, 2007
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  2. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Hopefully linky will be of help. And yeah I get it too - but I only restart like once a week so it doesn't bother me much :p
     
    Amol, Nov 26, 2007
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  3. MatLu

    MatLu Newbie

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    That unfortunately turns off all notifications. I still want to be updated about security, but just not about something I purposely turned off.
     
    MatLu, Nov 26, 2007
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  4. Evolution

    Evolution Vox Sola

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    I know what you are asking about but in vista AFAIK it is "all or nothing" when it comes to security center notifications. So you either have them on or off.

    I have personally set mine to don't notify me and don't show the icon as I myself monitor antivirus, firewall etc and I also have UAC turned off.
     
    Evolution, Nov 26, 2007
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  5. MatLu

    MatLu Newbie

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    I see. Well that's a shame.

    Thanks anyway guys. I appreciate the info.
     
    MatLu, Nov 26, 2007
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  6. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    You're welcome anytime :p
     
    Amol, Nov 26, 2007
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    my friend is so stubborn i had to secretly turn off his UAC...why? coz whenever i used his laptop I used to get irritated...he wont even know if its on or off...haha
     
    Nocturnal310, Nov 26, 2007
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  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Until he goes to find his saved game or some other file that will look to your friend like it is now GONE, thanks to your secretly turning off UAC. UAC is more than just the messages YOU didn't want to see. It also "virtualizes" all files that are stored in a Program Files directory for a given program. By turning off UAC like this, you have turned off this virtualization as well. Any files created in the virtualized folders are now invisible to your friend. Please go back and turn it back on, before you cause your friend to loose data he might want or need.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Nov 26, 2007
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