Windows Vista help! I'm in VISTA HELL

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I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under wwwroot. I open
the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it in file explorer | open
with and I can't save the file because I don't have the right permissions.
Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator. so I have to open
notepad as administrator and them make the mod.

Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can get
back to getting something done?

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Gary Blakely
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL

Vista was made by Lucifer to make humanity suffer....

didn't you know this?



"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under wwwroot. I open
> the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it in file explorer | open
> with and I can't save the file because I don't have the right permissions.
> Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator. so I have to open
> notepad as administrator and them make the mod.
>
> Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can get
> back to getting something done?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Gary Blakely
>
>
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL


"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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>I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under wwwroot. I open
>the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it in file explorer | open
>with and I can't save the file because I don't have the right permissions.
>Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator. so I have to open
>notepad as administrator and them make the mod.
>
> Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can get
> back to getting something done?

You have a permissions issue. I too went to wwwroot and to a virtual
directory that had a web.config file, open it with NotePad and made a
change. It wouldn't let me save the file. I went to the wwwroot,
right-clicked it, Properties/Security tab/Advanced button. I made a change
to account User/(machine-name/users) so that it matched the permissions for
Administrators/(machine-name/administrators), the permissions conflict, and
now I can save the file.

You can also go to the Notepad short-cut and permanently set Run As
Administrator for Notepad, which is off of the Properties Advanced tab, but
I choose to run Notepad via the Run box.
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL

GaryDean wrote:
> I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under wwwroot. I open
> the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it in file explorer | open
> with and I can't save the file because I don't have the right permissions.
> Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator. so I have to open
> notepad as administrator and them make the mod.
>
> Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can get
> back to getting something done?
>

Re-Format your Computer And Download And Install Open Source Linux
Fedora 9.0, Just FYI. http://www.fedoraproject.org/ And
http://www.redhat.com/ also Just FYI.

P.S. Currently Running X64 Open Source Linux Fedora 9.0 Which Was
Downloaded And Installed From http://www.fedoraproject.org/
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL

"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

>I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under
> wwwroot. I open the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it
> in file explorer | open with and I can't save the file because I don't
> have the right permissions. Of course I can't open file explorer as
> administrator. so I have to open notepad as administrator and
> them make the mod.

You can run Windows Explorer as admin just as easily as Notepad. All
Programs > Accessories > right-click Windows Explorer an select Run as
Administrator from the context menu.

> Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can
> get back to getting something done?

You can disable UAC in Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account
Control on or off.

I would advice against turning off UAC though, as you will be throwing one
of Vista's main security improvements overboard and thereby exposing your
computer to malware. It is better to just change the folder permissions for
wwwroot:

In Windows Explorer, right-click the wwwroot folder > Properties > Safety
tab > Edit users. Add you own user name.

Charlie42
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL

I'm not allowed to modify files but I'm allowed to change permissions so
that I can modify files. I suppose that makes sense so someone.

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Regards,
Gary Blakely
Dean Blakely & Associates
www.deanblakely.com
"Charlie42" <Charlie42@spam.me.not> wrote in message
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> "GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>
>>I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under
>> wwwroot. I open the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it
>> in file explorer | open with and I can't save the file because I don't
>> have the right permissions. Of course I can't open file explorer as
>> administrator. so I have to open notepad as administrator and
>> them make the mod.
>
> You can run Windows Explorer as admin just as easily as Notepad. All
> Programs > Accessories > right-click Windows Explorer an select Run as
> Administrator from the context menu.
>
>> Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can
>> get back to getting something done?
>
> You can disable UAC in Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account
> Control on or off.
>
> I would advice against turning off UAC though, as you will be throwing one
> of Vista's main security improvements overboard and thereby exposing your
> computer to malware. It is better to just change the folder permissions
> for wwwroot:
>
> In Windows Explorer, right-click the wwwroot folder > Properties > Safety
> tab > Edit users. Add you own user name.
>
> Charlie42
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL

I absolutely knew that I would get responses from a Linux dweeb lurking,
waiting to have something to do. Nothing from MAC users yet but I suppose
they don't know how to use a news reader :)

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Regards,
Gary Blakely
Dean Blakely & Associates
www.deanblakely.com
<kevpan815@noreply.com> wrote in message
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> GaryDean wrote:
>> I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under wwwroot. I
>> open the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it in file explorer |
>> open with and I can't save the file because I don't have the right
>> permissions. Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator. so I
>> have to open notepad as administrator and them make the mod.
>>
>> Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can
>> get back to getting something done?
>>
>
> Re-Format your Computer And Download And Install Open Source Linux Fedora
> 9.0, Just FYI. http://www.fedoraproject.org/ And http://www.redhat.com/
> also Just FYI.
>
> P.S. Currently Running X64 Open Source Linux Fedora 9.0 Which Was
> Downloaded And Installed From http://www.fedoraproject.org/
 
Re: help! I'm in VISTA HELL

"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator.

Of course you can. Start-All programs-Accessories, right-click on Windows
Explorer, choose "Run as Administrator"....
 
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