When I try to install things in Vista

williamd · 31 Jul 2008 at 22:00

and the screen goes black for a second for no reason, I die a little inside.

williamd · 31 Jul 2008 at 22:12

Yeah I've disabled UAC now thank god. Why does it make your screen turn off? Is it just me?

And why must I elevate my priveleges? Surely I'm the administrator, I'm the only user.

williamd · 31 Jul 2008 at 22:24

No it just goes darker I think.

williamd · 31 Jul 2008 at 22:27

Still irritating and completely unnecessary.

williamd · 31 Jul 2008 at 23:13

I understand its purpose but I didn't need anything like that in XP and I don't really need it now. Anyone other than the most basic of users should be able to run Vista without getting viruses etc. Perhaps if it was more selective then I would keep it enabled but it comes up far too often.

Having said that, maybe once my system it fully set up, I may enable it again and see how things go as you're right, I will hopefully see it less frequently.