Sbrideau Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hi, I just bought a laptop a few days ago that has Vista home premium on it. As a lot of you I suppose, I turned off UAC, but I still have some icons on the desktop that has some shields as you will see in the following screenshot. I have had some help to get rid of them, but it didn't work. I can work with it, it doesn't matter, but it's just for the way it looks. Also, since I turned off UAC, I have that little red shield with the X in it telling me to reactivate it each time I start the computer. Is there a way to stop it from doing that? [hide=Big image][/hide] Second thing, I tryed to install my printer, but I don't know how to since it says I need to run on administrative account, and the thing is, it's the only account I can go in while on regular Windows, means it's the admin account. Could someone help me with that? Thank you in advance for those that can help me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VjuliusT Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 The little shield is "Run as administrator" and I'm pretty sure that you can right click and change it so can you run it normally or as the administrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomar04 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 To get rid of that annoying thing for UAC, as well as hide the other icons that you don't want to see, just right click on the task bar->properties->notification->customize. That will show you a list of everything in the task bar, and you just choose hide for the behavior for the ones that you don't want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Here is a guide on how to enable/disable the UAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 To get rid of that annoying thing for UAC, as well as hide the other icons that you don't want to see, just right click on the task bar->properties->notification->customize. That will show you a list of everything in the task bar, and you just choose hide for the behavior for the ones that you don't want to see. Thanks, that got rid of the red shield. As for sloter, I already disabled UAC ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VARN Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Second thing, I tried to install my printer, but I don't know how to since it says I need to run on administrative account, and the thing is, it's the only account I can go in while on regular Windows, means it's the admin account. Could someone help me with that? Thank you in advance for those that can help me :) Although you should not have to you can enable vistas hidden administrator account Right click on command prompt and run as administrator Type net user administrator /active:yes Log out then install your printer. When you are finished disable the account for security net user administrator /active:no I am sure there are easier ways to do this but that is how I did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 This might sound stupid but simple did you restart your computer after setting the UAC to disabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 This might sound stupid but simple did you restart your computer after setting the UAC to disabled? Another stupid question: Did you disable UAC from the control panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Mod Delete this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 This might sound stupid but simple did you restart your computer after setting the UAC to disabled? Another stupid question: Did you disable UAC from the control panel? Yes to both questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 I did what you said VARN, and only on the hidden admin account did it tell me that Vista was not in the supported OS's for the CD... Actually came back to the regular account and I downloaded the Vista driver and it worked, the printer is installed. As for the shields, I don't really mind having them there :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furah Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 could someone please answer the shield question, as it will help me, because I don't want to have to disable the UAC yet can't stand the fact I have to click Allow every time I open the program -.- (I didn't want to start a new thread, and I hope I am not thread hi-jacking :oops: ) Steam | PM me for BBM PIN Nine naked men is a technological achievement. Quote of 2013. PCGamingWiki - Let's fix PC gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 To my little knowledge about Vista, the only way is to disable UAC. Gah.. Give me 2009 or 10 for Windows 7! =) J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Gah.. Give me 2009 or 10 for Windows 7! =) Yeah, can't wait till Vienna get's out. I want to see what it is :P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareJonsson Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Yeah, can't wait till Vienna get's out. I want to see what it is :P. It's chocolate ice cream isn't it? :D [Assist-X] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Yeah, can't wait till Vienna get's out. I want to see what it is :P. It's chocolate ice cream isn't it? :D Who knows, i'd prefer if it was a good ale =) If i may hijack the thread further, there's some news about another OS from Microsoft - http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article. ... leID=32627 J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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