Okay, its a VERY common thing on forums around the web, people
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and they moan about Vista, problem is often its things that can be fixed half they time by the absolute noob.
Part 1: Disabling UAC
Its the most common complaint about Vista and its very understandable, that annoying little dialog box that comes up for the simplest tasks such as opening a word documents. But just as it is annoying, it is soooooo simple to disable
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1) Open up Control Panel, and type in user account into the search box
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2) You'll see the link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off". Click it.
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3) Uncheck the box and reboot computer when prompted, thats it, your done!!! Now wasn't that easy!!!
Tune in to the next episode where i introduce you to two pieces of software you simply cannot live without
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