Re: UAC in Vista
IMHO, the biggest benefit of UAC is the ability to run as a standard user
under Vista. As has been stated earlier, you will most likely see many
prompts when first installing software. After that initial wave, the number
of prompts should decrease.
wng
"f/fgeorge" <ffgeorge@yourplace.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:40:39 +0100, "Steve Thackery"
> <thack@nowhere.net> wrote:
>
>>UAC is a new security system in Vista.
>>
>>If Vista detects that something is about to happen that MIGHT have
>>security
>>implications, it pops up a box asking you to confirm it. If you are used
>>to
>>XP, this is new behaviour and you might find it a nuisance. If you are
>>used
>>to Linux, which does a similar "elevation prompt" in similar
>>circumstances,
>>you won't find it much of a nuisance.
>>
>>If you are logged on as a standard user you have to enter an
>>administrator's
>>password into the UAC prompt, which is a bit of a drag. If you log on as
>>an
>>administrator, you only have to click in the box, which is much better.
>>
>>Note that even when you are logged on as an administrator in Vista you run
>>as a standard user in virtually every respect. Therefore I've decided to
>>make my standard account an administrator solely for the purpose of more
>>rapid handling of UAC prompts.
>>
>>Having said all that, UAC prompts are really only commonplace in the first
>>week or two of use, while you are installing all your software and
>>generally
>>fiddling about getting everything as you want it. After that they are
>>very
>>infrequent in normal use.
>>
>>Personally, I'm rather glad that Vista occasionally warns me when
>>something
>>with security implications is about to happen.
>>
>>Note that Vista is new, and as you might has a few minor glitches here and
>>there which are constantly being whittled away by the frequent updates
>>Microsoft issue. There are no show-stoppers unless you are trying to run
>>it
>>on old (non-compatible) hardware or want to run non-compatible software.
>>
>>Honestly, don't worry about UAC. If your hardware is new, and you install
>>Vista-compliant software, you won't have any problems to speak of.
>>
>>SteveT
> To expand a little...those things that cause the box to pop up are
> there becqause those are the same things happening without your
> knowledge in XP. Those are the things that viruses, trojans and the
> like do to your machine without your knowledge. Vista is trying to
> make you aware of what is going on on your pc and prevent the nasties
> from infecting it. You CAN turn it off, but as stated above it becomes
> less bothersome with time.