zdnet.com.au — Security company Kaspersky has said that Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it. "There's a question mark if Vista security has improved, or has really dropped down," said Kaspersky's chief executive.
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skatterbrainzMar 19, 2007
So, you cave in to every request from your users? Do you have kids? If so, do you let them do whatever they want because any restrictions you'd place on them might be difficult for them? Geez.
drunk3nrabbitMar 19, 2007
If Microsoft wanted to make the UAC even better, they should make a ROOT account like in Linux. That way If some one wants to do some system changes without the UAC and without restarting, they would just log into the ROOT account and make the system changes, log out of ROOT and switch back into their account. easy, man maybe I should work for Microsoft.(I am a happy owner of Vista Ultimate:Pirated Edition:) )
miothegreatMar 19, 2007
The Mac commercial is rediculous. The only time UAC is a little annoying is when you first get the computer, and have to go through the 2 or 3 days of setting it up how you want. Changing system settings, installing programs, etc. Those prompt you, as they should. After that initial setup is complete, you're good. UAC won't bug you very often. I get a few prompts a day, like 2 or 3.
simondonkersMar 19, 2007
While I don't find UAC annoying I do dislike it not learning anything. When I am copy pasting and renaming some files for a project in program files I get an alert for every single action I do. I fully understand that if I open Windows Explorer and modify files that's usually not smart but if I sign off the warning it should flag that directory and that window of explorer as approved for the next few minutes. When I rename the exe, then copy a new exe in that should fall under one security warning IMHO. Still, I only get a few warnings a day and they don't annoy me. The first few days I had my PC they annoyed me because I was constantly installing stuff but after that I got used to it and it's useful to know when something could have serious issues. It's easier then running a limited user account and constantly logging in and out of the admin account.
maddcovvMar 19, 2007
I installed vista on my sister-in-law's computer and she was able to configure all her childrens accounts with little effort. Its really a great system. You can limit game play time, track internet usage including IM and browsing and block internet access by levels (ie. older children get more sites and younger ones get locked down to disney.com, etc.)I think its a great improvement over XP security tools.
moise31Mar 19, 2007
Some people aren't necessarily stupid when they click OK, they just don't know English that well. It happens to a lot of people i know, who can't speak English.Instead of trying to understand what UAC is telling them and translate, they just click OK, or cancel, so they can just go back to work. Just a thought...
benitojuarezMar 19, 2007
HOLY s**t, longest first comment reply thread ever.
yournamehereMar 19, 2007
it seems you installed it for multi-users on Vista, which is why it needs to run as local admin.<a class="user" href="http://threatcode.com/admin_rights.htm">http://threatcode.com/admin_rights.htm</a>maybe you should do some reading before bitching.. it literally took me .5 minutes to find the cause of your problem.
thingalonMar 19, 2007
@halleyscomet:Wow. Yes. The person you are describing is truly an awe inspiring kind of idiot. :-)Yeah, I know such idiots exist and that sadly they are allowed near computers. Fortunately, in most corporate environments they would not be given an account with admin privileges, so this particular scenario wouldn't get past the UAC (since it would have required a password).However, when they're on their home computer where they would probably have admin rights - they're in some serious self-inflicted trouble. Make sure you lock up their medicine cabinet because I'm sure the warnings are too hard for them to read, and they may end up taking 10,000 aspirins next time they have a bad headache.
nthammerApr 4, 2007
ya the UAC is annoying as f**k and i already turned it off, but i managed without a UAC in XP so i can manage without it in Vista, im not a retard.
shuntrevorMay 1, 2007
@ElbridgeGerry:From my experience... Vista start-up time is longer than previous windows versions. But once loaded, the "wow" performance starts "now". I just bought a laptop with vista and downgraded to xp because of software compatibility. i thought xp would run and load programs faster because of the high-end laptop setup... but xp did not. I endedup reverting back to Vista since the software issue has been solved already.By the way, UAC... it's better than nothing. And some are right, security will entirely depend on idiots like me... like many, like US. I'm not a microsoft fan, but if you are irritated, as in totally wrecklessly irritated by this UAC issue, then DON'T USE vista. There are a lot of OS's in the wild. find one which will suit you best. And oh, please, stop creating partitions for vista in your Mac or PC or etc... if you find vista irritating.
johnnysoftwareDec 15, 2009
Well, the article the original poster posted correctly pointed out that UAC was destined to cause problems, although it was vague about pointing them out.Other articles that came out about UAC also complained about it. Users did not know what the UAC warnings/questions meant, they were asked too frequently by the same program sometimes, and users disabled them out of confusion.It was like taking a test. And just like a test, if they picked the wrong answer - there could be problems.
johnnysoftwareDec 15, 2009
No.