uac i hate microsoft. so every time i boot the computer there's a dialog box titled user account control. do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer? to continue, type an administrator password, then click yes. problem is, there's no place to type the administrator password. and the yes button is disabled. my only options are to click the close box, click no, or ignore it. it took a bit of perseverance but google eventually provided the correct answer. i both long for and fear the day google can filter the red herring solutions to my problems. anywho. the problem showed up after i upgraded from win7 home premium to professional. or maybe it showed up after i monkeyed with control userpasswords2. dunno. don't care. the problem is the administrator account is inactive. the solution is to activate it. reboot. tap f8 until you see a menu in the dos font. boot in safe mode with a command shell. press control-alt-delete. choose switch users. choose administrator. go drink a pot of coffee. enter this command at the dos command prompt: net user administrator /active:yes. hit control-alt-delete again. reboot normally. my user account showed up no worries. and just for fun i tested uac with control passwords2. this time uac came up with text box for my password. stupid fucking thing. be aware though, the administrator account has no password. you might want to switch users to administrator and give it one. timmer for hero.  ¶ 8:00 AM