Re: UAC

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As I described the Vista security 'features' to my sister before I set it up
for her: think of it as it makes you 'safer' my stopping you from getting to
the bottom of your garden (there is a railway line on the other side of the
fence. Halfway down is a rotary drier). Instead of thinking you will have
the good sense not to climb the fence and go onto the track, every time you
try to go further than the drier, a man jumps out and bars your way.

Internet Explorer 7 is an attempt to kind-of emulate Firefox, but Microsoft
just don't 'get' it and it is tedious by comparison. Vista (and Server2K8)
security is their attempt to steal one of the few good implimentations in
Linux, but once again they don't 'get' it and have made a pig's ear of it.
Windows Defender - same ol' same ol'. And - apart from the element of trying
to make everything look new, probably to attempt to create the impression
that they're leading the way on this stuff and/or that they do it better
than the competition - it all comes down to Microsoft are still not really
addressing the security issues that they created in the first place by
making computing irresistable to the uneducated consumer in order to make
lots and lots of money. ActiveX being the classic example, of course. UAC et
al (like with the ridiculous hardware requirement that is bad in every way
except encouraging the lifestyle that damns the consequences, that panders
to the human weakness for excess, for and solely for profit, if you see that
as 'good') is Microsoft making users jump through hoops for something they
already had, but Microsoft tempted them to give away so now Microsoft can
sell them back.

PRF


"Charlie42" <Charlie42@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:utwpGFc2IHA.548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"A" <A@.net> wrote:

Is there any way short of turning this blankety blank thing off that I
can
start programs on my own puter without having to click three times and
issue two permissions every time? Heck, I even have to do that just to
empty the recycle bin. That's incredibly a pain in the butt.

Although you can use some utility like suggested in other posts in this
thread, I would not recommend it. You would be discarding a key security
improvement in Windows, and expose your computer to malware.

Take a look at the chapter explaining UAC in this Microsoft article before
you make your decision:

Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=34f40386-9661-49b1-87ce-6d4a39e83747&DisplayLang=en

Charlie42

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