So... I want to run all programs as administrator without having to right clink, then run as administrator

and yes, I've disabled UAC, and my account is in the 'Administrators' group

wait till you fill your win8 with buncha registries and you'll see how smooth and fast win 8 is.

'buncha registries'?

 

note that my 6.2 installation still performs better than 6.1 despite having all of the non-OS components the previous 6.1 install had - 'registry entries' do not slow down any NT system.

wait till you fill your win8 with buncha registries and you'll see how smooth and fast win 8 is.

'buncha registries'?

 

note that my 6.2 installation still performs better than 6.1 despite having all of the non-OS components the previous 6.1 install had - 'registry entries' do not slow down any NT system.

In fact, they do. But with current processing power that is not an important issue.

Services and startup programs background 'updaters' slow down systems

 

use new task manager to disable these startup insects and hidden services (apple updater google updater adobe updater are most common ones)