Re: Is Windows Defender built-in to Vista?

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On Oct 1, 5:59 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

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Microsoft acknowledged that UAC cannot prevent malwares neither can it
replace any AV software which is the reason for them to provide an option
to turning it off in Windows 7.

You're right. It doesn't prevent malware nor is it an antivirus product. It
simply forces a user to be more aware of what's happening on their system..
Something that, at least in my opinion, is sorely needed in the malware
fight. I don't say that it's perfect, far from it I think it should be more
intuitive. But, this is the first iteration of it and like anything, it
should get better or be dropped.

Microsoft provides a simple way of turning it off in Vista (msconfig/tools),
they just added another in Win7.


Rick, Can you help me here please? I know I turned off UAC in Vista
and then did something else to turn off the red shield nagging me that
UAC was turned off. This just bit me in the rear end, as I had no
warning that I was running without a firewall after uninstalling WLOC.
And of course, now I can't recall what I did.

What is the recommended way to disable UAC without also having to
disable the warnings of the security center?

Might you be able to hazard a guess as to how I can reenable the
warning s from the security center as well?

Thanks


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