without turning off UAC( Maybe editing UAC) it would be very helpful (and also not changing the app directory where it is located in program files) i, i have installed a codec then play a movie file and i notice if i enable the UAC the codec is not installed properly to the registry and my playback was very lagg. After i turn off the UAC then i installed the codec. The file can be played smoothly. May i know the location at registry where those files were installed?? I would be much happier with UAC if it allowed you to remember settings, I have had to disable UAC because a program that loads on startup is blocked by windows (Don't even get an annoying message) Quote Ed M Yes it is annoying -- but that's only because as Windows users are not used to having to actually think about security issues -- and as such we've had all the problems of the last few years. Critics continually slate Microsoft for not doing more to make the OS secure -- and yet when they attempt to, there are numerous articles like this encouraging people to turn these features off. What about linux? No annoying popups every five seconds there, yet it's still nice and secure! I've see several comments about why doesn't Mac and Linux have this. They do. Difference is, they have security built in the kernel from the start, not as an afterthought implemented so all the legacy