Vista - Rename file - click 3 times

I encountered some of the files when I rename them I need to get rid of 3
pop up confirmation boxes.
Why is that?

Hi Alan,

That would be Vista's UAC (User Account Control) security. It is to help protect you from you changing something you may not want to change. It is normal for Vista.

Shawn

brink <brink.2vr935@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in news:brink.2vr935@no-
mx.forums.net:

>
> Alan T;430214 Wrote:
>> I encountered some of the files when I rename them I need to get rid of
>> 3
>> pop up confirmation boxes.
>> Why is that?
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> That would be Vista's UAC (User Account Control) security. It is to
> help protect you from you changing something you may not want to change.
> It is normal for Vista.
>
> Shawn
>
>

Yes, Alan. Vista assumes you're a complete moron. You can disable this
'security' feature in control panel - user accounts - disable - turn user
account control off

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:04:48 -0500, brink wrote:

> Alan T;430214 Wrote:
>> I encountered some of the files when I rename them I need to get rid of
>> 3
>> pop up confirmation boxes.
>> Why is that?
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> That would be Vista's UAC (User Account Control) security. It is to
> help protect you from you changing something you may not want to change.
> It is normal for Vista.

3 times though? That is a little excessive...even just once would already
annoy me.

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Stephan
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brink <brink.2vr935@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in
news:brink.2vr935@no-mx.forums.net:

> Alan T;430214 Wrote:
>> I encountered some of the files when I rename them I need to get
>> rid of 3
>> pop up confirmation boxes.
>> Why is that?
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> That would be Vista's UAC (User Account Control) security. It is
> to help protect you from you changing something you may not want
> to change. It is normal for Vista.
>
> Shawn
>
>

UAC is not to protect YOU from changing things....UAC is to protect
your system or files from being changed by someone else, it is just
asking if YOU are the one who is doing it. So in reality UAC is giving
you more control over your system. If your working with files under
your login in your user folder, UAC does not prompt.

Now that my system is set up with the programs I use, I rarely get any
UAC prompts.


--
The most reliable time to upgrade to a new Operating System is at the
end of its life cycle.

Dave

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:42:55 +0000, Dave Cox wrote:

> brink <brink.2vr935@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in
> news:brink.2vr935@no-mx.forums.net:
>
>> Alan T;430214 Wrote:
>>> I encountered some of the files when I rename them I need to get
>>> rid of 3
>>> pop up confirmation boxes.
>>> Why is that?
>>
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> That would be Vista's UAC (User Account Control) security. It is
>> to help protect you from you changing something you may not want
>> to change. It is normal for Vista.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>
> UAC is not to protect YOU from changing things....UAC is to protect
> your system or files from being changed by someone else, it is just
> asking if YOU are the one who is doing it. So in reality UAC is giving
> you more control over your system. If your working with files under
> your login in your user folder, UAC does not prompt.

Shouldn't asking once be sufficient though? =)

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Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

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> If your working with files under
> your login in your user folder, UAC does not prompt.

What do you mean by that?
I had downloaded a file into a directory, then copied this file to another
directory, renamed it, then 3 pop up confirmation boxes in total came up.

"Alan T" <alanNOSPAMpltse@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:uSVGP4d5HHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>> If your working with files under
>> your login in your user folder, UAC does not prompt.
>
> What do you mean by that?
> I had downloaded a file into a directory, then copied this file to
> another directory, renamed it, then 3 pop up confirmation boxes in
> total came up.
>
>
>


I really don't know how much clearer I can make it for you.

There is a folder with your user/login name as long as you work with
files under that folder. You will not get any UAC prompts.

You can access your user folder directly from the start menu. Once you
open it you will see numerous folders such as Contacts, Desktop,
documents, downloads etc etc.

As you can see there are many folders there for most things you will
work with, you can also add folders to your liking as long as you stay
under your user name you will not get any UAC prompts.

There is also another folder called public you can use to share files
with other users who may use your PC and have their own login or across
a network.


--
The most reliable time to upgrade to a new Operating System is at the
end of its life cycle.

Dave

Hi Stephen,

Once would be nice. Like Dave said though, when you take a file off the desktop or out of a personal user folder, UAC will ask you for permission first before doing so. Especially when you try to make changes to items outside of these areas.

Shawn

So if I put the files under my 'name' folder, there will not any UAC
prompts?

> I really don't know how much clearer I can make it for you.
>
> There is a folder with your user/login name as long as you work with
> files under that folder. You will not get any UAC prompts.
>
> You can access your user folder directly from the start menu. Once you
> open it you will see numerous folders such as Contacts, Desktop,
> documents, downloads etc etc.
>
> As you can see there are many folders there for most things you will
> work with, you can also add folders to your liking as long as you stay
> under your user name you will not get any UAC prompts.
>
> There is also another folder called public you can use to share files
> with other users who may use your PC and have their own login or across
> a network.