For those of us that find ourselves disabling Vista UAC for the whole system (points finger at self), we now have the ability to disable UAC per application. Thanks to Microsoft KB946932, here’s the solution: Using the tool and steps below, you may disable UAC prompt for the specific application. This does not disable the […]
Tag: Vista
Windows Vista x64 black screen after login, workaround
I’m currently using Vista x64 with a nVidia-based videocard with dual monitors and have run into the following issue: I work on my machine, then I lock it. Later I come back and type my password to unlock it and I get to stare at black monitors with only the cursor showing. Previously I would have […]
Team Fortress 2 on Vista crashes on map change, “Can’t load lump x, allocation of x bytes failed! Engine Error”
I’ll get straight to the point. I’ve been playing Team Fortress 2 with no significant issues since the beta was published via Steam…until recently. For some reason I was randomly getting crashes when the map changed on a server. The specific error is as given in the title of this post. I could not for the […]
Vista – Explorer: Disable Full-Row Selection, Add Tabs
One of the changes from Windows XP to Windows Vista is the difference when selecting/deselecting items in Windows Explorer when using the Detail View. In XP, you can deselect all items by left-clicking any column that is not the name column. I love that it is this way. In Vista, good luck trying to deselect […]
How do you install Windows Messenger 5.1 on Vista with UAC enabled?
The first question you may be saying to yourself is, “I thought the Microsoft download page for Messenger 5.1 said Vista wasn’t a supported OS”. Well, it isn’t, at least not officially, but it does work (sort of). The answer to the question above that you don’t want to hear is, “You can’t”. Windows Vista […]