[cheesepuff]

OK, i thought they would have fixed this after vista, but the user account controll thing is killing me! all i want to do is copy a file from my other HDD to the windows 7 HDD, but it says i need admin permission- I AM THE ADMIN!!!! how do i turn this S**T off!? i cant even install firefox!!!

[Hybr!d]

Method #4 - Using Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or remove user account".
   
3. Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.
4. Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User Account page" link.
   
5. Under "Make changes to your user account" click on the "Change security settings" link.
   
6. In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Click on the Ok button.
   
7. You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when ready.
   

Source | http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

[cheesepuff]

thanks, but i still need help. when i get to step 5, its different
if i got to the UAC settings, i get this

and i set it to the lowest settings and restarted, but i STILL get the same problem when trying to copy and past from one HDD to the next.

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

yeah, just put on lowest setting, reboot and it should be fine.

Worked alright for me.

[cheesepuff]

didnt do crap for me, and hundreds of others. apparently im not the only one. i have the 64bit OS, and the files are on my XP disk that im trying to copy. if they dont fix this problem, yo can count me and hudreads of other out on using this OS. i really had high hopes for 7...

[Coolyxxx]

I can access everything on my WinXP drive from Windows 7, except anything in the user folders. The furthest I can get there is C:\Documents and Settings\username. Any folders which are in there, I can't get to. I think it is because when you make your account in XP, you can choose whether to keep files private or not, and whether to set a password or not. That could be stopping access.

[cheesepuff]

what ever the reason is, its really annoying.