| Subject: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/30/2008 7:38:02 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?RGF2ZXQxMDI=?= [Email Address Protection] |
I have disabled the UAC on my computer because I have to many programs that do "Automatic" updates and scans. With UAC turned on they cannot do their job. Now with UAC turned off, how do I get rid of the little shield that it put on the desktop icons of the programs that it would not allow to run automatically?? I have tried changing icons and that did not work. Bob |
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| Subject: Re: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/30/2008 10:26:42 AM |
| From: t-4-2 [Email Address Protection] |
Davet102;790685 Wrote: > No it does not bother me. But I would think that if a program "forced > itself" > on an application, when you turned it off there would be a way that you > could > have that shield removed. (manually or automatically) > > Bob > > > "t-4-2" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Davet102;790603 Wrote:> > > > > > > > > > I have disabled the UAC on my computer because I have to many > > > programs > > > > > that > > > > > do "Automatic" updates and scans. With UAC turned on they cannot do > > > > > their job. > > > > > > > > > > Now with UAC turned off, how do I get rid of the little shield that > > > it > > > > > put > > > > > on the desktop icons of the programs that it would not allow to run > > > > > automatically?? > > > > > > > > > > I have tried changing icons and that did not work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob> > > > > > > Hello Bob, > > > Answer : you can't. > > > Question : Forgive me from asking. Does that little shield Really > > > bother you so much ? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > t-4-2 > > > > > Understood. I could be wrong. From what I understand, any program that requires UAC prompt will carry that shield even if it was installed AFTER UAC was disabled. -- t-4-2 |
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| Subject: Re: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 8/1/2008 8:03:59 AM |
| From: "Beoweolf" [Email Address Protection] |
First, this is a questionable move. There is a lot wrong with enabling a false sense of security. For your own machine it 'may' be OK, but if its either a shared machine or this is done on an unsuspecting users system ... its not a good idea. anyway: Open Security Center at the upper left hand side of screen: Find "Change the way Security Center notifies me" in the next screen enable the option: "Don't display alerts/tray icon". Apply, close all screens. "Davet102" <Davet102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2E55CC2A-4570-438E-ACD7-DDAD606F9EC8@microsoft.com... >I have disabled the UAC on my computer because I have to many programs that > do "Automatic" updates and scans. With UAC turned on they cannot do their > job. > > Now with UAC turned off, how do I get rid of the little shield that it put > on the desktop icons of the programs that it would not allow to run > automatically?? > > I have tried changing icons and that did not work. > > > Bob > |
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| Subject: Re: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 8/1/2008 9:10:34 AM |
| From: t-4-2 [Email Address Protection] |
Beoweolf;792696 Wrote: > First, this is a questionable move. There is a lot wrong with enabling a > false sense of security. For your own machine it 'may' be OK, but if > its > either a shared machine or this is done on an unsuspecting users system > ... > its not a good idea. > > anyway: > > Open Security Center > at the upper left hand side of screen: Find "Change the way Security > Center > notifies me" > in the next screen enable the option: "Don't display alerts/tray icon". > Apply, close all screens. > > "Davet102" <Davet102@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:2E55CC2A-4570-438E-ACD7-DDAD606F9EC8@xxxxxx> > > > > >I have disabled the UAC on my computer because I have to many programs > > that > > > do "Automatic" updates and scans. With UAC turned on they cannot do > > their > > > job. > > > > > > Now with UAC turned off, how do I get rid of the little shield that > > it put > > > on the desktop icons of the programs that it would not allow to run > > > automatically?? > > > > > > I have tried changing icons and that did not work. > > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > Forgive me for butting in. The OP was not asking icons Not to be shown. He wanted the "silly little " Security Center's SHIELD removed from the programs that require UAC prompt, i.e. avast!, auslogics etc. And he was referring to the shortcut icons on the desktop, not in the notification area. -- t-4-2 |
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| Subject: Re: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 8/1/2008 4:58:25 PM |
| From: "Beoweolf" [Email Address Protection] |
Forgive me for my mistake. Might be the message header threw me off, else I just didn't 'get' the request. "t-4-2" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:87167f8bfb7345948ee5c24ae7d745f9@nntp-gateway.com... > > Beoweolf;792696 Wrote: >> First, this is a questionable move. There is a lot wrong with enabling a >> false sense of security. For your own machine it 'may' be OK, but if >> its >> either a shared machine or this is done on an unsuspecting users system >> ... >> its not a good idea. >> >> anyway: >> >> Open Security Center >> at the upper left hand side of screen: Find "Change the way Security >> Center >> notifies me" >> in the next screen enable the option: "Don't display alerts/tray icon". >> Apply, close all screens. >> >> "Davet102" <Davet102@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:2E55CC2A-4570-438E-ACD7-DDAD606F9EC8@xxxxxx> > > >> > >I have disabled the UAC on my computer because I have to many programs >> > that >> > > do "Automatic" updates and scans. With UAC turned on they cannot do >> > their >> > > job. >> > > >> > > Now with UAC turned off, how do I get rid of the little shield that >> > it put >> > > on the desktop icons of the programs that it would not allow to run >> > > automatically?? >> > > >> > > I have tried changing icons and that did not work. >> > > >> > > >> > > Bob >> > > > > > Forgive me for butting in. The OP was not asking icons Not to be > shown. He wanted the "silly little " Security Center's SHIELD removed > from the programs that require UAC prompt, i.e. avast!, auslogics etc. > And he was referring to the shortcut icons on the desktop, not in the > notification area. > > > -- > t-4-2 |
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| Subject: Re: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 8/5/2008 8:58:28 PM |
| From: "Brittany D" [Email Address Protection] |
Double click on the red shield, the Windows Security Center will show up. On the left column click 'Change the way Security Center alerts me". A window will appear asking you choose one of three options. If you do not want to be notified that 'your computer might be at risk' then select the third option 'Don't notify me and don't display the icon (not recommended)' (not recommended) is their words not mine. Good luck! Brittany D "Davet102" <Davet102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2E55CC2A-4570-438E-ACD7-DDAD606F9EC8@microsoft.com... >I have disabled the UAC on my computer because I have to many programs that > do "Automatic" updates and scans. With UAC turned on they cannot do their > job. > > Now with UAC turned off, how do I get rid of the little shield that it put > on the desktop icons of the programs that it would not allow to run > automatically?? > > I have tried changing icons and that did not work. > > > Bob > |
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| Subject: Re: UAC Icons |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 8/6/2008 11:32:49 AM |
| From: "Ken Blake, MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:59:54 -0400, "Brittany D" <xihatevistax@hotmail.com> wrote: > I hate > having programs running in the background if I never use them. I feel it > uses resources that I'd rather have available to use myself. Note that whether the program is using any significant amount of resources depends entirely on what program it is. Some background programs may use a lot of resources, but others do essentially nothing unless you press some hot key combination to activate them. Until, or unless, you press that key combination, they use no CPU time, and any memory they might be using quickly gets paged out in favor of other "more-recently-used" pages. As a single example of this, I run a little background program called Allchars. This lets me type many common special characters (many of these are used in other languages) by pressing the ctrl key followed by a two character mnemonic combination. I actually use Allchars only seldom, but it's very handy to have ready to use whenever I need it. It uses a tiny amount of memory (most of which is probably paged out most of the time) and uses zero CPU when it's not actually being used. One would be hard-pressed to see *any* difference in performance when it's loaded. On the other hand, if you literally "never use them," I agree that there's certainly no reason to have them running, regardless of what resources they may or may not consume. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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