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[Eiolon]

I don't know how many have downloaded beta 2 yet but I just got it running and have a few questions:

1. How do you turn off all those annoying "Windows needs your permission" notices when you want to access a system area?

2. How do I access the actual "Administrator" account? I know that it is disabled but I enabled it. It is not on the login screen and the CTRL+ALT+DEL twice method used in Windows XP does not prompt for it.

3. I scored a "2" for my hardware specs. I have a AMD Athlon 64 3700+, 2GB PC3200 DDR, 160GB SATA HDD and GeForce 7800 GTX. What the heck do I need to have a higher mark besides a dual core processor? Also, does anyone know what it's out of, such as 2 out of 5 or 2 out of 10?

4. What is the different between IE 32-bit and IE 64-bit since they are both included?

Thanks!

[DragonWill]

I have tried Vista Beta.. my advice.. stick with XP Pro.. its the only Window$ I have seen yet that almost works.



"This forum requires that you wait 90 seconds between posts. Please try again in 13 seconds."

umm... this is a bad feature!!!

[Mike V]

1. Start --> Run --> Secpol.msc. Click OK. Drill down to Local Policies, Security Options. "Disable" all the User Account Control items shown.

2. My understanding is that this isn't enabled yet but will be in future builds. I could be wrong, so please second-guess me

3. There are some threads in the neowin.net/forum Vista Beta sub-forum about this. Also Microsoft today released the specs for what a "Vista Premium Ready" machine will have. Also see: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060614-7060.html

4. Sorry, not entirely sure why both were included, maybe for plug-in compatibility?