Surviving Windows Vista #1: User Account Control

I spent some time the past weekend upgrading and tuning up my home workstation. Added some RAM, a new Ethernet card and upgraded to Vista Business, after an overdue hard drive back-up and clean up. Probably that helped a lot, but I have to admit that Vista doesn't suck as much as I thought. However, the first and greatest annoyance I found was this thing they call 'user account control.'

I always considered having to confirm frequent operations the they are on Windows XP a "necessary evil," but they way Vista is set up by default is just unbearable. So, I went online looking for a solution and the tips I found were even more confusing and/or based on older or different versions of the operating system.

Here is how to deal with it on Vista Business:

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Click on User Accounts.
3. Click on User Accounts (yes, again)
4. Click on Turn User Account Control on or off.
5. Uncheck the box and click on the OK button.

That's it. After restarting the system, those evil modal alert boxes should be gone for good.