[jw232]

Can User Account Control be set to automatically give permission to certain programs that need administrator privileges?

[DaveA]

All you need to do is find the program EXE file, right click it and select Properties. Then select the Compatibility tab, and add the check mark near the bottom, Run this program as an Administrator".

[bearone2]

changing settings, defrag, accessing control panel, etc are items you limit access to with a limited user account.

if it's not an admin account it should still have access to most if not all programs.

i'm unclear how post #2 works if setup as a limited user account.

or just make it an administrator account.

[jw232]

Originally Posted by DaveA

All you need to do is find the program EXE file, right click it and select Properties. Then select the Compatibility tab, and add the check mark near the bottom, Run this program as an Administrator".

I already know that and I'm an administrator... but whenever I open a program like that UAC says "An unidentified program wants access to your computer" bla bla. I want to know if there's a way to make a whitelist with programs on it that automatically get approved without me having to say yes every time.

[bearone2]

what is uac, firewall/av?

it sounds like you have a program coming in that wants to open itself, WHICH IS DANGEROUS and uac is blocking it.

this is somewhat different than your 1st post where it sounded like you were trying to open certain programs.

[jw232]

Originally Posted by bearone2

what is uac, firewall/av?

it sounds like you have a program coming in that wants to open itself, WHICH IS DANGEROUS and uac is blocking it.

this is somewhat different than your 1st post where it sounded like you were trying to open certain programs.

Wrong, I have no problem opening programs, it's just that UAC always warns me before doing it. UAC is user account control. I want UAC to ignore certain programs that need administrative privileges to run, in other words, disable UAC for certain programs but not turn it off entirely. How can I do this?

[bearone2]

i'm not familiar with uac so can't offer anything. good luck.

[whitefly]

The short and correct answer to your question is no.

[DaveA]

Bornone2,
"what is uac"
User Account Control, the heart of Vista SECURITY.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control

You have NOT been around Vista very long have you?

[bearone2]

Originally Posted by DaveA

Bornone2,
"what is uac"
User Account Control, the heart of Vista SECURITY.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control

You have NOT been around Vista very long have you?

not at all. too much aggravation, look at this post, one of the many vista problems.

but if you had read post #7, i stated i wasn't familiar with uac, which translated meant i wasn't famiiar with vista.

[abhishek_ala1289]

Originally Posted by jw232

Wrong, I have no problem opening programs, it's just that UAC always warns me before doing it. UAC is user account control. I want UAC to ignore certain programs that need administrative privileges to run, in other words, disable UAC for certain programs but not turn it off entirely. How can I do this?

As you told that ur administrator.. its wrong... ur account has administrator privileges...thats it..there is one more account.. a real administrator which is hidden... in that it wont ask such stupid questions... if u want u can even set that in ur account also by turning off the UAC control....

[rainforest123]

Being "an administrator" is not the same as being "THE administrator".

These might be useful for you.

Understanding & Configuring UAC in Vista
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

Unlocking the super secret Administrator account in Vista
http://www.pctipsbox.com/unlock-the-...unt-for-vista/

Source:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=vis...=UTF-8&fr=moz2

Best of success.

RF123