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kenny
i want to turn these 2 things off.. how?
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Andre Da Costa
User Account Control is a new improvement to the security model in Windows
users have yearned for many years. A bit intrusive, the aim of User Access
Control from the get-go is to enable a lock on certain administrative
privileges throughout the OS, making it more difficult for users to expose
areas of the operating system that are most vulnerable to attack or user
accidents. Microsoft does not recommended disabling it, but its your
decision, just making you aware of the consequences.
Click Start > Control Panel > click the User Accounts and Family link > User
Accounts > Turn User Account Control on or Off
users have yearned for many years. A bit intrusive, the aim of User Access
Control from the get-go is to enable a lock on certain administrative
privileges throughout the OS, making it more difficult for users to expose
areas of the operating system that are most vulnerable to attack or user
accidents. Microsoft does not recommended disabling it, but its your
decision, just making you aware of the consequences.
Click Start > Control Panel > click the User Accounts and Family link > User
Accounts > Turn User Account Control on or Off
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Jeff
Andre,
Is that you typing?? LOL
Sound like a pr guy for Bill; "yearned for" HAHAHAHA
Jeff
Is that you typing?? LOL
Sound like a pr guy for Bill; "yearned for" HAHAHAHA
Jeff
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Andre Da Costa
LOL, I know, but to be honest, for the novice, its a sensible feature.
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John Jay Smith
sorry its horrible....
distracting irritating stupid.... ms shou;d had thought of another way
distracting irritating stupid.... ms shou;d had thought of another way
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Andre Da Costa
Its horrible at certain areas, I think certain links and executables don't
need. For example Advanced System Settings and Adding an account don't need
it I believe. Sometimes I wonder if the main reason for UAC is to protect
users from themselves.
need. For example Advanced System Settings and Adding an account don't need
it I believe. Sometimes I wonder if the main reason for UAC is to protect
users from themselves.
J
John Jay Smith
The people who made this thing do now know much about human behaviour...
in otherwords they are unqualified for making OS that humans interact.
Perhaps they would be good at making an OS that runs machines... or other
automatations...
but not humans.
When you force people to click on a pop up 1000 times a day, that action
becomes an automatic movment, you do that without reading the pop up.
So this will not really protect anyone,
because its too intrusive. Not much thought has gone into human - computer
interaction in vista.
MS should have the best team working on such provlems... not programers who
may be
bright in writing code, but they dont know much about elegance (art) and
human behaviour.
I can point out at least 10 other problems that vista introduced that did
not exist in XP,
that makes it harder for people to use computers. You must not confuse ease
with lack of security.
As I said... the solution should be found elsewhere not in this kind of pop
up.
in otherwords they are unqualified for making OS that humans interact.
Perhaps they would be good at making an OS that runs machines... or other
automatations...
but not humans.
When you force people to click on a pop up 1000 times a day, that action
becomes an automatic movment, you do that without reading the pop up.
So this will not really protect anyone,
because its too intrusive. Not much thought has gone into human - computer
interaction in vista.
MS should have the best team working on such provlems... not programers who
may be
bright in writing code, but they dont know much about elegance (art) and
human behaviour.
I can point out at least 10 other problems that vista introduced that did
not exist in XP,
that makes it harder for people to use computers. You must not confuse ease
with lack of security.
As I said... the solution should be found elsewhere not in this kind of pop
up.
J
Jimmy Brush
Unfortunately, any program that needs access to system-level settings will
throw a UAC prompt. This, obviously, includes advanced system settings.
With very few exceptions, Windows Vista won't let a program that modifies
the system state to run unless an administrator knows about it and approves
it to run at the time that the program runs.
The main reason for this isn't to protect the user from him/herself, but to
allow the user to know when a program runs that is going to be able to
change the system, and to be able to stop such a program from running.
Unfortunately, the computer can't reliably tell the difference between the
user starting a program and a program starting a program. If this could be
done, then UAC could be modified to work in a much, much, much better way.
I hope MS can do this in the future!
throw a UAC prompt. This, obviously, includes advanced system settings.
With very few exceptions, Windows Vista won't let a program that modifies
the system state to run unless an administrator knows about it and approves
it to run at the time that the program runs.
The main reason for this isn't to protect the user from him/herself, but to
allow the user to know when a program runs that is going to be able to
change the system, and to be able to stop such a program from running.
Unfortunately, the computer can't reliably tell the difference between the
user starting a program and a program starting a program. If this could be
done, then UAC could be modified to work in a much, much, much better way.
I hope MS can do this in the future!
J
John Jay Smith
of course a computer can tell the difference.. you track the mouse motions!
I would think that that is a simple technology feat for MS in 2006-7
I would think that that is a simple technology feat for MS in 2006-7
G
Guest
I too had an immediate dislike for UAC. However, to be fair as part of the
RC1 beta team I felt like I needed to test it or attempt to test it.
What I found for most of the programs that I use is that I could set them to
run in the XP SP2 compatibility mode with administrator privilege and most
run just fine. I do have a few that continue to present me with the
irritating NAG screen, but most of the programs seem to run okay.
Some programs simply do not run or install properly (Roxio for one) and it
appears like you will have to upgrade to verison 9.0 if you want to run it on
Vista. I guess it is time to evaluate their software and see if it is
something that I can't live without because I prefer versions 7.1 or 7.5 of
their product and they simply won't run successfully on Vista RC1, at least
not for me.
Windows defender is another story. I have found it's startup actions to
also be objectionable. Everytime I boot up I have to tell it to permit free
AVG antivirus to run. You would think by now that it would treat AVG the
same as it does the google toolbar and permit it to boot up.
RC1 beta team I felt like I needed to test it or attempt to test it.
What I found for most of the programs that I use is that I could set them to
run in the XP SP2 compatibility mode with administrator privilege and most
run just fine. I do have a few that continue to present me with the
irritating NAG screen, but most of the programs seem to run okay.
Some programs simply do not run or install properly (Roxio for one) and it
appears like you will have to upgrade to verison 9.0 if you want to run it on
Vista. I guess it is time to evaluate their software and see if it is
something that I can't live without because I prefer versions 7.1 or 7.5 of
their product and they simply won't run successfully on Vista RC1, at least
not for me.
Windows defender is another story. I have found it's startup actions to
also be objectionable. Everytime I boot up I have to tell it to permit free
AVG antivirus to run. You would think by now that it would treat AVG the
same as it does the google toolbar and permit it to boot up.
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Jimmy Brush
of course a computer can tell the difference.. you track the mouse
It's not that simple.
motions!
It's not that simple.
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Steven Wabik
i agree. lol
Andre Da Costa said:Its horrible at certain areas, I think certain links and executables don't
need. For example Advanced System Settings and Adding an account don't
need it I believe. Sometimes I wonder if the main reason for UAC is to
protect users from themselves.
S
Steven Wabik
maybe msft will make the uac for vista like it was in xp for its final
release or they can at least work on it a hell of a lot and fix it.
release or they can at least work on it a hell of a lot and fix it.