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uvbogden
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Re: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Inexperienced users would not have Administrator status and would be subject
to all the security measures currently in force. I still feel an
Administrator user should be able to do whatever he wishes without having to
jump through hoops and should not be absolutely prevented from accessing
elements of the OS if that is what's needed. The decision on what to access
or modify should be the Administrator's, not MSFT's.
"Starlionblue" wrote:
>
> uvbogden;530925 Wrote:
> >
> >
> > The second downside has to do with Security. Vista has been designed
> > to be
> > as tight as a drum and impermeable to all external threats. In the
> > process
> > of doing this, Vista also has many layers of protection that prevent
> > even
> > Administrators having access to do what needs to be done. MSFT’s
> > response to
> > IT terrorism has been to improve Homeland Security at the expense of
> > our
> > inborn Administrator liberties. Administrators should automatically
> > have
> > Ownership and Full Control of everything, should automatically have
> > “elevated
> > privilegesâ€, and should never be denied access to anything. I’m OK
> > with
> > confirming “Are You Sure You Want To Do This?â€, but anything
> > further is just
> > plain harassment and obstruction.
> >
>
> While I feel your pain, I don't really agree. You and I may be very
> experienced and know what we are doing, but most people are not. How
> many friends and family members have you had to help because they did
> something "stupid" you would never do. How many spyware and virus
> infested machines have you helped clean? A few simple "are you sure?"
> prompts would have helped a lot.
>
>
> --
> Starlionblue
>
Inexperienced users would not have Administrator status and would be subject
to all the security measures currently in force. I still feel an
Administrator user should be able to do whatever he wishes without having to
jump through hoops and should not be absolutely prevented from accessing
elements of the OS if that is what's needed. The decision on what to access
or modify should be the Administrator's, not MSFT's.
"Starlionblue" wrote:
>
> uvbogden;530925 Wrote:
> >
> >
> > The second downside has to do with Security. Vista has been designed
> > to be
> > as tight as a drum and impermeable to all external threats. In the
> > process
> > of doing this, Vista also has many layers of protection that prevent
> > even
> > Administrators having access to do what needs to be done. MSFT’s
> > response to
> > IT terrorism has been to improve Homeland Security at the expense of
> > our
> > inborn Administrator liberties. Administrators should automatically
> > have
> > Ownership and Full Control of everything, should automatically have
> > “elevated
> > privilegesâ€, and should never be denied access to anything. I’m OK
> > with
> > confirming “Are You Sure You Want To Do This?â€, but anything
> > further is just
> > plain harassment and obstruction.
> >
>
> While I feel your pain, I don't really agree. You and I may be very
> experienced and know what we are doing, but most people are not. How
> many friends and family members have you had to help because they did
> something "stupid" you would never do. How many spyware and virus
> infested machines have you helped clean? A few simple "are you sure?"
> prompts would have helped a lot.
>
>
> --
> Starlionblue
>