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		<title>Don&#8217;t disable Vista UAC system-wide; disable Vista UAC per application</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Rennemeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us that find ourselves disabling Vista UAC for the whole system (points finger at self), we now have the ability to disable UAC per application. Thanks to Microsoft KB946932, here&#8217;s the solution: Using the tool and steps below, you may disable UAC prompt for the specific application. This does not disable the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Georgia">For those of us that find ourselves disabling Vista UAC for the whole system (points finger at self), we now have the ability to disable UAC per application. Thanks to <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946932">Microsoft KB946932</a>, here&#8217;s the solution:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="color: black">Using the tool and steps below, you may disable UAC prompt for the specific application. This does not disable the User Acount Control feature for the whole computer.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="color: black">1. Download and install the Application Compatibility Toolkit from this link:</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="color: black">Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0<br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&amp;displaylang=en"></a></span>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&amp;displaylang=en</span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 7pt"> (<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&amp;displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&amp;displaylang=en</a>)</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">2. In the Start menu, locate the new folder. Find the shortcut icon for <strong>Compatibility Administrator</strong>. Right click it and clik <strong>Run as administrator</strong>.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">3. In the left hand pane, right-click on the database under <strong>Custom Databases</strong> and select <strong>Create New,</strong> and select <strong>Application Fix</strong>.</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt"> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">4. Enter the name and other details of the application you want to alter behavior on and then browse to it to select it. Click Next.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">5. Click Next until you are in the <strong>Compatibility Fixes</strong> screen.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">6. On the <strong>Compatibility Fixes</strong> screen, find the item <strong>RunAsInvoker</strong>, and check it.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">7. Click Next and then Finish.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">8. Select File and Save As. Save the file as a filename.SDB type file in a directory you will easily find it.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 8pt">9. Copy the &lt;filename&gt;.sdb file to the Vista computer you want to alter the elevation prompt behavior on.</p>
<p>10. Click Start&gt;All Programs&gt;Accessories. Right click <strong>Command Prompt </strong>and click <strong>Run as administrator</strong>.</p>
<p>11. Run the command below:</p>
<p><strong>sdbinst <em>&lt;path&gt;\&lt;filename&gt;</em>.sdb</strong></p>
<p>For example, if you saved the .SDB file as <strong><em>abc.sdb </em></strong>in the <strong><em>c:\Windows </em></strong>folder, the command should be like this:</p>
<p><strong>sdbinst  c:\windows\abc.sdb</strong></p>
<p><strong>It should prompt: Installation of &lt;name&gt; complete.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia">Now do this for each program that annoys the heck out of you with UAC and you should be good to go. This really helps if you share your computer with other users since UAC cannot be disabled on a per-user basis. You get to keep your kids safe (read, &#8220;protect them from destroying your computer&#8221;) and you get to keep your sanity!</span></p>
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		<title>How do you install Windows Messenger 5.1 on Vista with UAC enabled?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first question you may be saying to yourself is, &#8220;I thought the Microsoft download page for Messenger 5.1 said Vista wasn&#8217;t a supported OS&#8221;.  Well, it isn&#8217;t, at least not officially, but it does work (sort of).  The answer to the question above that you don&#8217;t want to hear is, &#8220;You can&#8217;t&#8221;.  Windows Vista [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first question you may be saying to yourself is, &#8220;I thought the Microsoft download page for Messenger 5.1 said Vista wasn&#8217;t a supported OS&#8221;.  Well, it isn&#8217;t, at least not officially, but it does work (sort of).  The answer to the question above that you don&#8217;t want to hear is, &#8220;You can&#8217;t&#8221;.  Windows Vista will not let you install the newest release of Windows Messenger 5.1 on Vista when UAC is installed.  Sure, it will be nice and ask you for permission to install, but even though you say yes it will still fail and say that the &#8220;installation has been interrupted.&#8221;  The only way you will be able to install Windows Messenger 5.1 on Vista is to actually disable UAC, reboot, install Messenger, and then re-enable UAC, if so desired, and reboot again. </p>
<p>Now how do you disable UAC? </p>
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<li>Click on Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; User Accounts and Family Safety -&gt; User Accounts -&gt; Turn User Account Control On or Off.</li>
<li>Uncheck the box next to &#8220;Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer&#8221;</li>
<li>Click on &#8220;OK&#8221;. </li>
<li>It will say you need to reboot, and it isn&#8217;t kidding so go ahead and reboot.</li>
<li>Once you&#8217;ve rebooted into Vista, install Windows Messenger 5.1 and then follow the same instructions above, this time placing the check in the box, to re-enable UAC.</li>
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<p>Be careful though, Windows Messenger 5.1 doesn&#8217;t like to work very well when a scrollbar appears in a chat window.  This is somehow tied to the &#8220;don&#8217;t give out your credit card information&#8221; message.  More on that later if I can find an easy answer to how to fix it.</p>
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