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Re: How to completely disable UAC?


Thank you for your response.


> Why not just use the built in backup wizard?


Consistency with existing machines, procedures, and documentation.


These scripts

  create folders on a backup computer, named by user, source of files and

date and time

  use zip to compress files

  copy the compressed files to the named folder

  generate a report of errors, if any


After all the files have been copied to the backup compter the tape unit

copies the main folder to tape.


> Sometimes the craziness is us not wanting to learn a new way of doing 

> things.


When a new way adds only costs and no benefits it is good to avoid such

learning.


> When you disable UAC "completely" you also disable the IE in protected 

> mode.  That to me is more crazy.


No viruses, worms, ever,... in the four client's offices, where we use these

scripts. We have been using win 98 and 2k and xp, no problems. And now

vista, the most secure of all without UAC, is the most annoying because of

UAC.


I cannot help them if I also have to protect them from themselves in any

other way that to instruct them what to do, and to some extent, what not to

do. And the UAC, which appears to be mostly to stop them from doing that

which they already do not do, interferes with me helping them. It only adds

costs for us, no benefits.


This must be because we are unaware of such benefits. But we have asked many

questions. Read many articles. And played with vista for many months.


And we have yet to find a reason for having to click OK on 4 dialogs to add

a new folder and name it correctly. What are we missing?


J


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