Hakeem2k3
hello, i just purchased a new laptop w/ vista ultimate. i have a 500 gb western digital external and it was workin fine earlier on my xp cpu. allowed me to open folders, copy etc. however its not allowin me to do anything on vista computer. it keeps sayin "you need permission to do this"/ Please help me
geposted Fri 09 May 08 @ 4:32 pm
discobrian24
Simply turn off UAC
Go to Control Panel, Users>UAC (User account Control), disable and restart.
Go to Control Panel, Users>UAC (User account Control), disable and restart.
geposted Fri 09 May 08 @ 7:16 pm
DJ-ALF
Hm, I didn't know that UAC is doing that? Although, I disable it first thing upon installing Vista ;) It is pain in the *ss
geposted Fri 09 May 08 @ 7:37 pm
Hakeem2k3
yea it was very annoying. Thanks your solution was perfect!
geposted Sat 10 May 08 @ 3:38 am