Richard

I'm wondering if this would work but I have not tried it.
Look at the properties of the shortcut to Spybot & the compatibility tab.
Tick box to run as Admin.

"watercress_soup" <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message
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> hello.
>
> I was wondering if there was a way to stop vista asking me if it is ok to
> run spybot. I know why UAC is there and I appreciate it. it would be nice
> if it would remember my choice. I have tried taking ownership of the
> spybot folder. im sure I am missing something.
>
> I have changed permissions to full access as well, (my account is
> administrator)...
>
> any help?