editing my own files

there were times where I was the master of my own computer. Windows Vista
seems to be in control of my digital destiny. It decides which of my files I
can edit or cannot edit. For example, I downloaded a patch for a game, and as
the sole proprietor, administrator and user of my computer it should not
ask/make dumb questions/statements that effectively prevents me from editing
it.

In my opinion, apart from the feature that detects your machine's
specification that exploits its maximum capability, this version of windows
is plainly downright annoying. I think Microsoft is taking security issues
too far this time. At the end of the day my version of Vista is Home Premium,
I am not at risk from myself and there is only one user that doubles as legal
owner and administrator. I dont see why I need to obtain permission from
myself to edit what files I wish and more importantly I do not need my
computer telling me in a patronising way that I am not competent enough to do
what i want with it. For the love of God, I am only editing a simple patch
not a system file.

Ah, simpler times....

nb: anyone who wants to entertain this comment is very welcome

I hear you and totally agree.

"adi pambudy" wrote:

> there were times where I was the master of my own computer. Windows Vista
> seems to be in control of my digital destiny. It decides which of my files I
> can edit or cannot edit. For example, I downloaded a patch for a game, and as
> the sole proprietor, administrator and user of my computer it should not
> ask/make dumb questions/statements that effectively prevents me from editing
> it.
>
> In my opinion, apart from the feature that detects your machine's
> specification that exploits its maximum capability, this version of windows
> is plainly downright annoying. I think Microsoft is taking security issues
> too far this time. At the end of the day my version of Vista is Home Premium,
> I am not at risk from myself and there is only one user that doubles as legal
> owner and administrator. I dont see why I need to obtain permission from
> myself to edit what files I wish and more importantly I do not need my
> computer telling me in a patronising way that I am not competent enough to do
> what i want with it. For the love of God, I am only editing a simple patch
> not a system file.
>
> Ah, simpler times....
>
> nb: anyone who wants to entertain this comment is very welcome

I also agree. My wife bought a new computer with Vista and was so happy
until she discovered like you that she couldn't do anything. Against the
advice of a Vista rep. I disabled UAC and the login passwords and now she is
as happy as a lark, almost. Most of the programs from her XP will not work
on the Vista. I am sure that made the software sellers happy. She bought a
new all-in-one printer and we had one hell of a time getting it to work with
Vista. Personally, I will stick with XP and ME until the computers dies (or
I can't fix them anymore). I can do ANYTHING with them, and very little with
Vista. I can not think of ONE benefit that Vista has over the ME or XP. I
asked myself, "Why would anyone want to buy a computer with Vista and I can
not come up with a single answer." You might ask, "Why did my wife buy a
computer with Vista?" The power supply and motherboard fried on her eMachine
with XP. All the new computers come with Vista. Rant mode off.
Tom

Hello,

Windows Vista is not telling you what to do or keeping you from doing
anything, even though it can seem that way at times.

1) The prompts that ask for your permission (from yourself) are not there to
annoy or check up on you, or to make sure you know what you are doing; they
are there only so the system knows that you are the one doing those things,
as oposed to some malicious program. That's the only reason, but it's
important.

2) In Windows Vista, programs that want unrestricted access to your computer
must ask you for permission. Programs designed for Vista will do this
automatically; however, older programs will NOT, and you have to manually
give such programs permission by right-clicking on them and clicking Run As
Administrator.

I imagine this is what you experienced with your patch program; it was
attempting to modify something in program files, and in order to do this, it
needed your permission to have unrestricted access to your computer, but it
did not ask for it, so it failed.

These types of things should happen less and less as time goes on.


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/