"Mariah Kaze" <MariahKaze@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:658CD184-A7E1-4EAB-B5B2-D44279683D10@xxxxxx
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> "FromTheRafters" wrote:
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>> "David Ocampo" <daocampo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:58F4B8E4-798B-44C8-B4C2-934F8AB1C395@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Dear Windows Vista Community,
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>> > Every time I want to open a .url file using the customized Links menu
>> > on
>> > the deskbar (channel bar), I get a dialog box with a security
>> > warning message "Do you want to open this file?"
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>> Yeah, that's to make sure the user really meant to ask the
>> OS to take an action. Kind of like a gun that asks you if
>> you really want to fire a bullet after you pull the trigger.
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>> It's a safety feature.
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>> > How do I disable this security warning dialog box from popping up?
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>> Why would you want to? Just to rid yourself of a minor
>> annoyance?
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>> > I am confident my Avast! virus definitions will detect and intercept
>> > any
>> > virus or spyware attached to any url before the file is opened, so I
>> > really
>> > don't need this feature, it is annoying.
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>> Relying on AV in this way is doomed to failure. AV and other anti
>> programs are meant to supplement good computing practices, not
>> as a substitute for them.
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>> > Thanks for any help you can provide as to Vista security settings!
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>> Sorry I'm not being helpful, but I hope in some small way this does
>> indeed help - though not the way you might have expected.
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> This is a crock! When I need help, I'll ask for it. I HATE windows Vista
> and am going to install Windows XP over it if someone can't tell me how to
> turn all the Frakin security OFF!
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> Void the warrenty on a junk computer?? Who cares?
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> MK<who does NOT need a babysitter, thank you very much> If it prevents you from completing an action, then that is one
thing, but an extra click is really no big deal. People accept
that the "delete" action takes an extra click and yet object
when the more dangerous action to execute code is invoked.
You are not alone, and many have decided to disable UAC
because of the annoyance factor. Google results should show
many places with 'how to' information.