something else as well....control...not ours, M$'s control. M$ made Vista, confusing, and tiresome...hoping average joe user would give up and COMPLY. I find UAC to be absoulutely annoying and I can see how M$ would make money off the huge numbers of folks who are confused by Vista. As for the control issue...I get the definite feeling that we (the people) are little by little having our control taken away. Thank goodness for sites like this and people like you all who won't take it lying down...I don't need UAC, and I don't want it. If I make a mistake, oh well, let it be on my head. But at least it was my decision. "Anyone who would sacrifice a little freedom to get a little security, deserves neither and will lose both." A quote by Benjamin Franklin, a very wise man. I recently purchased a new PC preloaded with Microsoft Office 2007 Professional. If I open it with UAC on it tells me "This microsoft program is not installed for current user, run setup to install application." DEll was not able to help me (since they preloaded the software they were to be the first contact.) They told me to uninstall and reinstall but that didn't work either so they told me to call Microsoft. On my own, I turned off UAC and the programs run fine. Any suggestions for how I can leave UAC on and still run office? I just bought a computer with Vista installed. I