Disable Vista’s User Account Controls for Certain Programs

We’ve shown you how to disable Windows Vista’s secure-but-really-annoying User Account Controls feature (a.k.a. the “A program needs your permission …” pop-up) using Vista’s settings and tweaking apps, but reader Kel points us to a way of disabling that prompt for specific applications. The trick involves downloading a Microsoft utility and clicking through about a dozen prompts, but it really does work, and you can keep your security settings just where they are while removing a major annoyance. Here’s hoping Microsoft includes this kind of app-by-app disabling in their upcoming Service Pack 1.