Vista - Couple more VISTA questions, pls.

great to be here, btw. You know how I got to use Vista and my new HP m8200n PC.....it was time to replace the Dell, and I got an iMac, the new one, the day Leopard came out.

MIStake.

It froze up more times than an Eskimo in January.

Anyway...my other questions:

I use the weather channel desktop alert thing. How can I make it so Windows always allows the program to work, and I don't get one of those WINDOWS NEEDS YOUR PERMISSION FOR THIS PROGRAM TO ACCESS YOUR PC alerts. I click 'allow, i trust this' but I keep getting it.

I think thats the only one I have..more later I bet.

is your UAC enabled?

yes, thats what the cause is.

Change the behavior of the User Account Control message for administrators in Admin Approval Mode

Use the following procedure to change the User Account Control message behavior for administrators.
To perform the following procedure, you must be using Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows Vista Ultimate, and you must be able to log on with or provide the credentials of a member of the local Administrators group.
To change the behavior of the User Account Control message for administrators in Admin Approval Mode

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
   
2. If UAC is currently configured in Admin Approval Mode, the User Account Control message will appear. Click Continue.
   
3. From the Local Security Policy tree, click Local Policies, and then double-click Security Options.
   
4. Scroll down to and double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode.
   
5. From the drop-down menu, select one of the following settings:
   
6. Elevate without prompting
   In this case, applications that have been marked as administrator applications, as well as applications detected as setup applications, will automatically run with the full administrator access token. All other applications will automatically run with the standard user token.
   
7. Prompt for credentials
   In this case, in order to give consent for an application to run with the full administrator access token, the user must enter administrator credentials. This setting supports compliance with Common Criteria or corporate policies.
   
8. Prompt for consent
   This is the default setting.
   
9. Click Apply.
   

Change the behavior of the User Account Control message for standard users

Use the following procedure to change the User Account Control message behavior for standard users.
To perform the following procedure, you must be using Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows Vista Ultimate, and you must be able to log on with or provide the credentials of a member of the local Administrators group.
To change the behavior of the User Account Control message for standard users

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open text box, and then click OK.
   
2. If UAC is currently configured to prompt for administrator credentials, the User Account Control message will appear. Click Continue.
   
3. From the Local Security Policy tree, click Local Policies, and then double-click Security Options.
   
4. Scroll down and double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users.
   
5. From the drop-down menu, select one of the following settings:
   • Automatically deny elevation requests
     In this case, administrator applications will not be able to run. The user should see an error message from the application that indicates a policy has prevented the application from running.
   • Prompt for credentials
     This is the default setting. In this case, for an application to run with the full administrator access token, the user must enter administrator credentials.
6. Click Apply.
   

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Let me know if this helps...otherwise just turn UAC off