Culfy,

As I understand it, one of the main features of UAC is not to let the computer automatically write to the hard drive. The purpose of this is to provide an extra level of protection against computer viruses. In theory, if a virus comes along and tries to write destructively to your hard drive, the above aspect of UAC will, in theory, not let it. Typically, the user will be asked to give permission so that the task can proceed. This is particularly useful when multiple people use a computer and some of those people are not very careful or web-wise. From my experience, the trap is that viruses do not have a name that says "I am a virus". The filename is always something that sounds legitimate and thus it's easy to wrongly click "ok" and to give permission for the process to proceed. Also, UAC is not foolproof.

If only careful people use your computer and you have good antivirus software (I use Avast! - it's great and free), you should be ok. I haven't had any problems with UAC being deactivated in all the time I have run Vista (2+ years). I always keep backups of everything important though, just on the off-chance that some computer nasty wins! This includes a full back-up copy of my BIAB installation disk because I run BIAB from the USB drive.

Glad you're onto song 2 now! Good luck with it all.

Best regards,
Noel

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