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Annoying Popup:  An unidentified program wants access to your computer

Are you continuing to see the following annoying popup?


If you are seeing this come up constantly, you are running either Windows Vista operating system or Windows 7.  This comes from the User Account Control (UAC) center.  Popular opinion on the Windows version of the UAC has many people disabling this feature because the annoying pop ups (and other issues) seem to far outweigh the benefits.

We highly recommend disabling Windows UAC.  However, if this concerns you, we also highly recommend that you download and install Norton Labs User Account Control Tool from Symantec.  Symantec is one of the most respected names in the industry and can be trusted to effectively replace Windows UAC.  One of the most key features of their software tool is that it has a "remember me" feature that allows users to suppress future prompts from the same action.  That means that on the initial prompt for Gameday Payoff (and other programs), you can allow and have it remember this choice.  That means that instead of seeing the same warning several times throughout the day, as the Windows version does, the Norton version will give you the same protection, but not constantly annoy you.

You can read more about, and obtain, this FREE software at the following:Norton User Account Control


Below are instructions on how to disable your UAC so that GameDay Payoff (and other programs) can run without constant interruption.  There are different instructions for each Windows Vista and Windows 7 so just use what applies to you.

Disable UAC on Windows Vista:
Open up Control Panel, and type in "UAC" into the search box. You'll see a link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off":


On the next screen you should uncheck the box for "Use User Account Control (UAC)", and then click on the OK button.

You'll need to reboot your computer before the changes take effect, but you should be all done with annoying prompts.

Disable UAC on Windows 7:
Windows 7 makes it much easier to deal with UAC settings, and in fact you don't have to completely disable UAC if you don't want to. Just type UAC into the start menu or Control Panel search box.


You can simply drag the slider up or down, depending on how often you want to be alerted.

If you drag it all the way down to the bottom, you'll have disabled it entirely.