Longhorn to use UNIX-like User Permissions

destuxor writes "After years of Windows users abusing administrative accounts out of necessity, Microsoft promises that Longhorn will make better use of user permissions in what sounds exactly like what UNIX/Linux users have been doing for years. Hopefully this will fix the long list of applcations that cannot be run by a Least-Privilege User Account (LUA) while giving a much-needed security boost. Too bad "MS-root" can't watch over your grandmother when she opens emails."

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Re:Years behind

[Rob_Bryerton]

I find it odd how microsoft tries to say it's innovative when they adopt methologies that have been in wide use already for several,several years, but only implement them several, several years later.

You misspelled "decades". Twice. In the same sentence ;)