   Dumb Security "Feature" In Vista Beta 2
  So I'm just downloading some libraries to install into my Vista partition and creating quite a mess on my desktop. I select a bunch of folders and hit delete. It asks some security question so I hit that I'm sure. Then I get a lovely message box like this:Quote:There is security controlling access to the folder 'boost-jam-3.1.13-1-ntx86'. You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation. Please consult the computer's administrator so that you can be granted permissionWhat the hell?! I am the administrator! I'm usually quite calm about working with computers, but what security feature did Microsoft put in her that won't allow me to do something I want. I've gotten this a number of times and it's really frustrating me. Can anyone help me disable this god-aweful feature?   
  Actually, that is dumb. I thought you were bitching about the "enter your password please" box, which is just the same thing that OS X and Ubuntu use for controlling sudo.   ;Quote:Original post by RavuyaActually, that is dumb. I thought you were bitching about the "enter your password please" box, which is just the same thing that OS X and Ubuntu use for controlling sudo.Nope. If it was something legitamite (like asking if I'm sure I want to empty my trash (which I still want to turn off) or asking for a password), that'd be great. But I don't think it'll ever believe me that I'm the administrator, and let me delete that folder from my desktop.;  Maybe there's a "Run As" or "Delete As" option. OS X asks you for an administrator's username and password if you try to delete a file that doesn't belong to you.   ;  Perhaps. I'd much rather like to just turn this off and never have to worry about it again. It also happens sometimes when I'm trying to install things or move files.   ;  It seems odd that you can't delete the files from your desktop. There's some pretty tight security on the Windows directory and I think on the Program Files directory but I'm surprised you're getting this on the desktop. I struggled for a while trying to replace some dlls in the System32 directory and eventually managed it by using a utility that comes installed with Vista called takeown. Type takeown <filename you want to take ownership of> at a command prompt and you will get the necessary access rights to change security permissions on the file. You can then right click on the file in explorer and give yourself permission to delete it from the security tab.I don't know if this will fix your particular problem or why you're getting that error for a folder on the desktop but it's worth a try.   ;  "With this build, Microsoft tackles the issue of providing greater security by separating administrator privileges from user privileges. In other words, you can log in with your set of preferences and extend guest accounts to others on your system. When it comes time to make changes to the system registry, however, you'll need a password to access the administrator account. This should significantly reduce the number of rogue apps that install without your permission."from Some ZDNet reviewDoes this mean that even though you have effective administrator privilages, Vista requires a second opinion (the overall administrative password) to perform some actions?a little more background reading;Quote:Original post by ChaosGhost"With this build, Microsoft tackles the issue of providing greater security by separating administrator privileges from user privileges. In other words, you can log in with your set of preferences and extend guest accounts to others on your system. When it comes time to make changes to the system registry, however, you'll need a password to access the administrator account. This should significantly reduce the number of rogue apps that install without your permission."from Some ZDNet reviewDoes this mean that even though you have effective administrator privilages, Vista requires a second opinion (the overall administrative password) to perform some actions?a little more background readingNot exactly. Administrator accounts logon with a restricted security token; effectively they're like a regular user after logon. What differs is when you perform a privileged operation:Administrator account: A "consent" dialog pops up asking you to Continue or Cancel the operation.Regular account: A password dialog pops up asking for the username and password of an Administrator.NickGravelyn, instructions on disabling UAC are available here, but I'd actually keep it enabled and send feedback, either through Microsoft's Vista forums or through a simple feedback form. That would be more productive in the long term than simply disabling it. And yes, the scenario you describe is likely a bug. After all, a user should completely own the files on their own desktop.This blog has more details on UAC.   ;  Press WinKey + R, type "secpol.msc", and hit run. Edit what you don't like in the local policies.Seems like if you don't have the security rights to do something with a file/folder, you can't do it even if you are an administrator. Look at the security settings for the desktop folder, take ownership of it and allow yourself to do with it what ever the fuck you please.   ;  Seems like that would defeat the purpose of the feature. As somebody who uses Vista every day, I can tell you that LUA is not that bad. There are some bugs with it now where things dont have the permissions that they need but this is a beta build. Bugs happen, dont write off a beta feature due to some of the bugs it has.   