Do at your own risk.  Type msconfig into the run command and hit Enter, then select the tools tab.  Scroll down to ''Disable UAC'' highlight then click Launch.  Re-boot your machine. BTW UAC is there for a reason.  Once you get your machine setup the way you want.  You hardly ever see the UAC prompt.  

Having just about finished setting up a mirrored RAID array on Vista Home Premium, I thought I Would record some of things that I have found in case anybody else finds them useful. Don't know what RAID is? Look here: http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials/RAID_Reasons.htm 1. My boot drive is not RAID, I think when you achieve a stable setup, it ...

beckyh:UAC is important. People cried out for years for better security, now they have it they want to turn it off. That amuses me, too :) In my experience, you get a few prompts for the first couple of days and then it settles down - I only get prompts now when I install new software.