Much has
been said about the new User Account Control (UAC) system that will be shipping with WIndows Vista. UAC is supposed to
usher in a new era of security for Windows by preventing, for example, unauthorized programs from making changes to
system files. Vista beta-testers are finding it to be a bit of a nuisance, however, with UAC prompts popping up for all
manner of seemily-innocent operations. Over at ZDNet, Ed Bott explains the
reason for these prompts and how to work around them. It's an interesting look at how Microsoft is dealing with
security in Vista, and also a preview of some of the trouble less-technical users are going to be having come next
year.A closer look at Vista's User Account Control
Much has
been said about the new User Account Control (UAC) system that will be shipping with WIndows Vista. UAC is supposed to
usher in a new era of security for Windows by preventing, for example, unauthorized programs from making changes to
system files. Vista beta-testers are finding it to be a bit of a nuisance, however, with UAC prompts popping up for all
manner of seemily-innocent operations. Over at ZDNet, Ed Bott explains the
reason for these prompts and how to work around them. It's an interesting look at how Microsoft is dealing with
security in Vista, and also a preview of some of the trouble less-technical users are going to be having come next
year.
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5-05-2006 @ 6:32PM
Razib Ahmed said...
"Much has been said about the new User Account Control (UAC) system that will be shipping with WIndows Vista." And perhaps much more has been said about the delay of Vista in the market. Really, so much expectations are created about Vista that Bill Gates should be worried to live upto the expectations.
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5-05-2006 @ 10:43PM
Fabulo said...
Real security is extremely difficult to achieve, especially if you want proof. However, it is really easy to get shift the burden to the user with idiotic prompts to have *them* make security decisions, decisions that would not pop up if the design was good.
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