Do Most People Disable UAC in Vista?

I've never turned off the UAC feature in Vista Business, but seriously thinking about doing it now

I'm sure it adds a nice brute force method of security, but it sure is annoying and my system is slow.

Just curious what others think?

Maybe if I did the clean install, my T60 would be more crisp about bringing up the UAC screen and it wouldn't bother me so much. Thanks for the feedback.

 

Yes, many rid themselves of this and there is a performance factor. It is listed as a tweak in my thread below.

 

It was one of the first things to go.

 

I wouldn't see how it would increase system performance but yes I disable UAC

 

Yes, I couldn't tolerate it either.

I also disliked the near constant disk access that occurred after boot up - I think it was linked to Vista's indexing/search function; all that tat-tat-tat noise just bugged me.

That thread mentioned above is definitely worth reading.

 

I to turn mine off.
but important to note I have several programs that will not install right with it off.
Alex

 

I did as soon as I got my system

 

I turned it off immediately. Never missed it. Vista will still ask for auth on some functions...

 

Absolute first thing I do. Worthless, annoying and a sham.

 

turned it off first thing as well

 

I turned it off. After reading the thread on how to do it and some of the things that can go wrong (if you wait), I wish I would have done it right away (certain user files won't be recognized, or something like that).

Something I just noticed. Normally this forum remembers me (I assume through a cookie) so I don't have to log on each time. This time, after disabling UAC, I had to log in.

Since I have "remember me" checked, I'm assuming it will remember me the next, we'll see.

The fact that little things like that can go wrong after disabling it is an example of something I expect a juggernaut like Microsoft to catch. They must be able to anticipate that a ton of people are going to turn UAC on and off at times, since it is probably the very first stupid thing people notice when they get onto Vista for the first time.

 

It's the first thing I do. MS, are you listening?

 

Does disabling all of Vista count? That was the first that I did once I got my laptop.

 

I kept it on. Safe is the most important thing.

 

I keep it on as well, prompt only comes up with new installs or system configuration changes and it's not something I do every day.

 

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

No loss. XP is running great and I haven't looked back.

 

I turned off UAC. And Indexing. And Restore Points. And TMM. And Defender. And Firewall (replaced it with ZoneAlarm AntiVirus).

 

you haven't looked forward

Just messing with ya. I have XP on my desktop. I don't see the need to bother with going to Vista at the moment. I admit that Vista is not as mature as XP, but it's off to a much better start in terms of development than when XP was first launched. I'm VERY happy with Vista 64-bit on my T61. I look forward to installing SP1 when it is final. Although I'll wait an additional month or two to allow the general public to bring out the kinks before I install it. SP2 for XP was a near disaster when it was first released.

 

I've been running Vista RC SP1 since Dec and it has brought many much needed OS improvements. Much happier with Vista since. I'm getting the release installation as soon as it's out

 

I tried SP1 Beta a couple weeks before it became RC SP1. It introduced some shutdown issues. I did some searching and it seems to be fairly common with SP1 and MS acknowledged the issue with SP1. After imaging back to pre-SP1 I'm rock stable again. I personally don't need SP1 badly enough to go through trying it again... only to have to revert back again before you're allowed to install final SP1. Glad it's working for you tho

 

I did not disable UAC but it does not bother me. I agree Vista is @ a much better starting point then XP when it was first introduced. There are many great features and thought put into Vista. Few I am aware of and many I am not. My only wish is some tutorials on using these features. People like XP 'cause it was easy to get things done and w/Vista it is new and different and like them I had to take time to find out how to do the same functions that I knew quite easily in XP. I think this is the root of many Vista bashings.