Open the Control Panel (Classic Style), then double click on "User Accounts", then in the "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off", UNCHECK the box for "User Account Control". Reboot the computer.
Once that's done, Vista may warn you of the lack of security by throwing a red or yellow warning shield in the lower right corner/system tray. You can disable that as well by opening Control Panel, then the "Security Center" icon, then select the "Don't Notify me and don't display the icon" option.
It won't cure all evils but should prevent many of the "Are you sure?" nag popups.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Does anyone know how to turn off those annoying alerts that pop up everytime you do something that want you to verify that you actually wanted to do what you wanted to do? It is so frustrating verifying every little thing. I understand it's a security measure, but this is just stupid. If I didn't want to do something, I would have clicked on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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