user accounts

Marty · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:02 am Post subject: user accounts

Can any one tell me what the risks to my pc are with user accounts turned off and are there any steps I can take to manage these risks
Marty

viper1 · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

Hi marty
user accounts turned off is only people that go on your pc so they can use the the softwear that you have put on pc

Marty · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:28 am Post subject:

I need user accounts turned off because FSDS and Gmax call X to mod to create aircraft models. It also calls note pad in the process to report any errors that may occur. With user accounts turned on the changes to the files that need to be modified are not saved.

Marty

viper1 · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

i take it you are on windows vista i had to turn user accounts turned off for one softwear i will have a look to see which one it was and i get back to you

viper1 · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

you can turn user accounts turned off and on when you like , you can go in to computer go to folder properties then security you will see groups or user names if you go on each one you will see allow or deny you will see learn about access control and permissions.

hope this helps a bit

Gavin · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

Hi Marty

Viper is correct and you may find the following links useful. In my opinion the UAC can safely be turned off under most conditions you find in the average home user environment were those who have access to your PC are trusted responsible people.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/00d04415-2b2f-422c-b70e-b18ff918c2811033.mspx?mfr=true

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/0d75f774-8514-4c9e-ac08-4c21f5c6c2d91033.mspx?mfr=true

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Marty · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Thanks again Gavin and Viper. I am trying a few things, like giving programs permanent administrator rights to see how that works.
In the initial stages of drawing an aeroplane it is not an issue to reboot to run x to mod as it happens infrequently. In the debugging stage when fixing minor errors it is necessary to have user accounts turned off for long periods to save rebooting every few minutes.
Things can look fine in the drawing program that don't look so good in FSX so it is necessary to use x to mod after all debug modifications to check them in FSX.

I think the problem occurs because the drawing program runs x to mod, then that program saves and closes the ***.mdl file, with out asking to save changes. Of course with UaC turned on Vista refuses the save. With UaC turned off Vista allows the save and changes can be seen in FSX.

Thanks again for the help .......Marty