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Or edit the registry to disable Secure Desktop

Or edit the registry to disable Secure Desktop
On systems running Vista Home Basic or Home Premium, the Local Group Policy Editor isn't available, so you'll have to edit the registry. Open the key shown at the bottom of this window and change the PromptOnSecureDesktop value to 0, as shown here.


For the full story and step-by-step instructions, see Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC.
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Thanks very much for pointing this out, Bob. (Read the rest)
Posted by: Ed Bott Posted on: 06/02/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
secure desktop  Schweigenthaler | 04/30/08
FYI: Link to Part 2 bad  rbrothers@... | 06/02/08
Fixed!  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 06/02/08

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