? For Wiz About Trend Micro

[Wiz Feinberg]

Wiz,

Should I have UAC 'on' or 'off'? Where can I find that setting? I came upon it yesterday, but I'll be hosered if I can remember where that was.

When I get back from 'restore', can I simply remove the NITRAM and Guests accounts; and then keep MonsonMan as the administrator, but create a new password. Is the GUESTS account one of those Windows built-in, will-bounce-back after removing items?

UAC is a safety mechanism to let users know when a change is about to be initiated that affects the operating system. This could be a change you initiate, or one initiated by a program. If you initiate a change and see the "Are you sure" box it may drive you up a wall. If you make a lot of changes that trigger that alert you may have turned off UAC to get rid of the challenges.

Whether you leave it off or turn it back on depends on how much the UAC prompts annoy you and how sure you are about making changes to the OS. Be aware, that if UAC is turned off, malware could be installed without any protest from Windows. Of course, you already have that covered with PC-cillin.

The mystery account can be deleted since it was never logged into, thus did not create an actual folder under C:\Users. New accounts do not become official unless you log into them. No files or folders are created until the first login.

The guest account is safe to disable, via Control Panel > Users and Passwords (whatever) > Accounts.

[Chip Fossa]

Now it's coming back.

I did indeed turn off UAC; for the very reason(s) you mentioned - mainly annoying alert flags. Good!
That one's figured out.

When I get done with the restore and those user accounts, I'm gonna still try your initial quick-to-the-desktop fix via 'passwords2'.

Thank you Doctor Wizardo, yet, once again.

Stay tuned.

[Chip Fossa]

Thanks Wiz,

I was able to eliminate my second user account and to 'disable' the guest account.

The PC to the desktop time now has been cut in half.

All I do now is push the 'on' button and zoom, right to the desktop.

A great relief.

Still haven't bothered messing with any of the Services listings.

Right now, things are fine just the way they are.