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Windows Vista User Account Control…

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For those of you that are not familiar with Microsoft’s latest version of Windows this might not make very much sense; however, Vista users will know what I am talking about.

Microsoft has taken some strides to ensure that Vista is more secure then the previous OS version Windows XP. Along with other advancements in security Microsoft has added a feature (and yes it is a feature) to Vista called User Account Control (UAC). This feature shows the user a pop-up in front of the desktop background that allows the user to select either “cancel” or “allow”. The only time that this pop-up will come up will be when you or a program makes a system change or is adding/installing software to the current system.

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I have read many blogs and news stories regarding this subject of UAC. Since it is easier to write negatively; I have read more about how people don’t like it or think that UAC is an annoyance. I think that UAC is great. On my main desktop I am running Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition and because of the added security accompanied by UAC I don’t run Anti-Virus software because with the advanced security features of Vista and common knowledge of what is malicious on the Internet I see no reason too.

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My Primary Desktop PC…

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This computer is the core of the entire setup. This PC has many of the same specs as my Custom Home Server but with Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition as my OS. So I know what you must be thinking, that I must have problem after problem with this setup but that is not the case. I have had no real big problems at all. The only problem I have had is it required me to upgrade my sound card to one that was compatible with Vista. So I got the Creative Sound Audigy SE and the only problem that I have is the mic or input port does not work correctly due to the drivers not being complete or buggy. I know that there are a lot of other news, blog posts, forums and many other resources on the internet that have only had problem after problem when trying to use Vista; not to mention trying to use the 64-bit edition. But the fact that I have had virtually no problems at all with Vista 64-bit edition makes me wonder if people were trying to run this operating system on an older or under powered computer that really should not even be trying to do the job or there is always user error that occurs.

Let’s recap on the specifications of this system. Internally this PC has a Intel 3.6GHz Pentium 4 HT processor / 4GB of Kingston DDR2 RAM / 500 GB Western Digital HD / ATI X600 Video Card with 256 MB of DDR2 RAM all in a nice passively cooled case.

Here is the list of all the peripherals that I have attached to my primary desktop PC:

I am running a 17″ Samsung SyncMaster 720N & 22″ SyncMaster 2220WM as my dual monitors.

View Sonic 2.1 speakers

Logitech Quick Cam Orbit AF

Nexstar – GX external IDE 160GB Hard drive enclosure for all of my iTunes media

Thermaltake Max 4 external SATA 320 GB Hard drive enclosure for backups

Galaxy Metal Gear external 5.25″ DVD Re-writable drive

Microsoft Comfort Desktop 4000

Now that I have reviewed all of the technology that I am currently using I will be posting reviews and interesting technology that I stumble across.

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