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Old 01-16-2008   #1 (permalink)
Dina


 
 

Vista Install/Uninstall?

After trying for almost an year,I am at a point considering to uninstall
VISTA and go back to XP which is much easier to troubleshoot.Vista
troubleshoot has limited options and i feel that my new laptop has become a
Ginnypig of some other Administrator??

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-16-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mick Murphy


 
 

RE: Vista Install/Uninstall?

Toss a coin!

Best out of 3 results, lol.

"Dina" wrote:
Quote:

> After trying for almost an year,I am at a point considering to uninstall
> VISTA and go back to XP which is much easier to troubleshoot.Vista
> troubleshoot has limited options and i feel that my new laptop has become a
> Ginnypig of some other Administrator??
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-17-2008   #3 (permalink)
alexB


 
 

Re: Vista Install/Uninstall?

That's a very cute joke of yours. I doubt very many will be able to
appreciate it and of course not that deranged troll of the Murphy Law's
hapless family, Mick. Just ignore him. He is in a group home.

I am reposting this post which I attached to another poster who asked a
specific question. You did not. It seems you are having a general
dissatisfaction. Consider that fact that if you get over some steep but
short learning curve, your life will be much easier and safer than in XP.

You are not the administrator and will never be. Administrator is an object.

You can temporarily give yourselves rights to perform some operations as if
you were Administrator, yes. Your power still will be limited. Actually you
do not need more than that.

in order to do what you want you will have to open Local users and groups
GUI (either typing lusrmgr.msc in Windows\system32\ -- do not forget to open
it as "run as Administrator" - take a notice!!!) or if you have Home or Home
Premium you should go thru Control panel> System and
maintenance>Administrative Tools>Computer management>Local Users and Groups.

Open up thumbnail Groups, open up group Administrators (nb: it is plural)
and you will see the object "administrator" in there. Add yourselves to this
group. Close the GUI.

You may have a somewhat easier life from now on but it may not be enough.
You may also establish yourselves as a person who has the right to write
into certain folders you want. Go to that folder, left
click>>Properties>>Security tab>>Edit>>Add>>type in your name>>Close that
window, Check checkbox "Full Control">>Apply>>OK.

Now you will have the right to do what you want in this folder and ALL its
subfolders. You will never be denied any access. You should exercise this
power judiciously and on a limited basis.


"Dina" <dina@xxxxxx> wrote in message
newsC402D39-9666-4238-B2D0-8355D0A0A7EF@xxxxxx
Quote:

> After trying for almost an year,I am at a point considering to uninstall
> VISTA and go back to XP which is much easier to troubleshoot.Vista
> troubleshoot has limited options and i feel that my new laptop has become
> a
> Ginnypig of some other Administrator??
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-18-2008   #4 (permalink)
Lang Murphy


 
 

Re: Vista Install/Uninstall?

"Dina" <dina@xxxxxx> wrote in message
newsC402D39-9666-4238-B2D0-8355D0A0A7EF@xxxxxx
Quote:

> After trying for almost an year,I am at a point considering to uninstall
> VISTA and go back to XP which is much easier to troubleshoot.Vista
> troubleshoot has limited options and i feel that my new laptop has become
> a
> Ginnypig of some other Administrator??

That's odd... I think Vista has far more troubleshooting tools than XP. What
exactly are you trying to troubleshoot? What, in effect, is your issue with
Vista?

Lang

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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