Ben Griswold on November 10th, 2008

I’m currently running Vista and I would like to manually complete the same operations as my Windows Service. Since the Windows Service is running under the Local System Account, I would like to emulate this same behavior. Basically, I would like to run CMD.EXE under the Local System Account.  (By the way, it’s fair to [...]

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Ben Griswold on September 11th, 2008

If you are running Vista and you have intentionally disabled the UAC, you might find the never-ending “Check Your User Account Control Settings” Windows Security Alert a bit annoying. Well, it is not very difficult to disable this alert, but it takes a little digging.

Here’s how you disable the popup:
1. Right-click on the Windows Security [...]

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Ben Griswold on February 8th, 2007

I installed Vista on an insignificant laptop without consequence last night.  I had no problems, but then again, I wasn’t looking for them either. 
My first impression was “Aren’t you a pretty little operating system?”  And really, it is.  I’m more excited about Vista’s look than I was when XP was first released.  I remember joking [...]

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