standard user, and turn off the UAC, it doesn't ask me to reboot in the first place and doesn't seem to do anything.. is this feature only for administrator accounts?? Is there a way to turn the UAC off for certain programs? Ed, see that's a philosphy difference. Instead of securing holes, and problems in the OS security, rather then just saying "Ok, we tried, now you figure it out" like Vista does. I wonder how the grandmother would know what is dangerous and what is secure. I mean honestly, how many average, non comptuer savy people do you know actually read the warnings? I would like to point out one thing about these instructions. When you open the control panel you must have the view set to Windows Vista Default. NOT "Classic view." If you are using the classic view then the search will not provide the link that you need to Enable/Disable UAC. So in your instructions you may want to note that they should make sure they are in the default view by clicking the "Control Panel Home" it the top left before they search for user accounts. You guys should really get the program TweakUAC. It allows you to turn it down or turn it off. then you can turn it right back up or on after you finish doing whatever it is you do. Very simple UI that explains it very well. Thank god! That was so annoying! I am the only one using my