Disable UAC - Windows 7

I have always disabled it, I can't stand it. I often find that people don't understand what the hell it means and don't know what to click on, do I've disabled it on their PC's also.
 
andy_mk3 said:
I have always disabled it, I can't stand it. I often find that people don't understand what the hell it means and don't know what to click on, do I've disabled it on their PC's also.
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Pathetic approach. Try explaining it to them.
 
mrk said:
On a more serious note, mine is diabled because I use MPC-HC, playlists/favs do not save if UAC is enabled because the program needs write access to a file in the install directory, UAC stops this. There are some other apps that don't work properly becaus eof it as well but are less important..
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Isn't this a sign of software which isn't 'fully compatible' with the OS? I see plenty of other programs such as foobar2000 and VLC which store their settings under the %USER%\AppData heirarchy.
 
Yeah but I'm not going to ditch the best media player just because it doesn't obey some OS guidelines!
 
favourites and settings are stored to the registry unless store to .ini is ticked in view >> options >> player, so by default it works fine. Certainly works for me anyway.
 
Nymins said:
First thing I do when I do a fresh install is disable it. Never had a problem.
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Same here, never used it since Vista and never had a problem as a result.

I wish they'd cut a lot of the crap out Windows tbh (defender/uac etc.), the majority of it is aimed at your average users who will run anything that's executable without thinking.
 
james.miller said:
favourites and settings are stored to the registry unless store to .ini is ticked in view >> options >> player, so by default it works fine. Certainly works for me anyway.
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I prefer ini because I back up the MPC directory to preserve changes during my weekly backups along with other apps and settings.
 
I could back up the registry keys manually but that would have to be done exactly that way, manually. A bit more tedious to do this every time and doesn't change the fact that I'd never have UAC enabled anyway :p
 
it could be done with a single batch file and the REG command, i'm sure. Dump the path of the keys you want in the file then just double click it. You're right though, it is easier to disable UAC and if you are comfortable with that then that's fine.
 
Aye been comfortable and error free since Vista came out, can't see that changing :)
 
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