I want to display a security dialog to users, in the same way UAC
dialogs are presented in Vista's UAC: the whole screen grayed out and
then only my security dialog shown normally.
Is there any way to achieve this in XP? (assume I have admin control
over the PC)
Re: Is MS being pressured to retract the UAC feature from the next ...UAC protects you from software that you implicitly trust. ... Numerous people are fooled into downloading and installing malware that masquerades as security software....Vista UAC, security exposes many of the "hidden" uses/users of administrator level rights and/or attempts to access network resources. ... (microsoft.public.windows.vista.security)
Re: UAC changes in Windows 7 ... A more clever solution for securing the white-list would be to use a prompt (similar to UAC, trusted certificate installation, unsigned driver installation, running downloaded files) whenever a program is appended to this list that would alert the user only once and he/she could be free of unnecessary UAC prompts for the rest of his/her life. ... If the file is updated legitimately the installer would be able to update this hash as well but a malicious software using a security hole may not be able to do that. ... The change we made in Windows 7 default UAC settings is that any operation that is necessary to manage windows will not require an elevation - which in technical terms translates into a white list of trusted action / binaries which the user can make perform without UAC prompting from an elevation. ... (microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel)
Re: Account types changed from Administrator to Standard User ... And people who disable UAC and run as Administrator on a daily basis, ... You can also blame them for major security...architecture and stops doing band-aid approaches like UAC. ... I generally agree with all you say - I was having a go at the poster who, with almost breathtaking disregard for computer security, stated "I ALWAYS run with UAC off and in an Administrator account".... (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
Re: Windows 7, another Windows Vista? ... and there's protected mode IE. ...reduced security to satisfy the whiners. ... The decision to prompt for UAC settings changes is particularly telling. ... the services that start at OS launch, and made all they could launch on ... (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
Re: Server 2008: You dont currently have permission to access thisfolder ...Windows Server 2008, the user is assigned two separate access tokens. ... All other admins are prompted with UAC....security settings, local policies, security options, "User account ... However I am a member of Domain Admins.... (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
