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Windows 7 To Dial Down UAC

Posted by kdawson on from the cancel-or-allow dept.

Barence writes "Engineers working on Windows 7 have admitted Vista's User Account Control was too intrusive, and are promising to tone it down in the forthcoming Windows 7. 'We've heard loud and clear that you are frustrated,' says Microsoft engineer Ben Fathi. 'You find the prompts too frequent, annoying, and confusing. We still want to provide you control over what changes can happen to your system, but we want to provide you a better overall experience.' According to Fathi, when Vista first launched, 775,312 unique applications were producing prompts — so some may be annoyed that it won't be scrapped entirely, but at least Microsoft is listening. The comments echo those of Steve Ballmer, who admitted at a conference in London that 'the biggest trade-off we made was sacrificing security for compatibility. I'm not sure the end-users really appreciated that trade-off.'"

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  1. A Comment is Being Added to this Thread by mrbene · · Score: 4, Funny

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  2. Re:Cancel or allow what?! by MobyDisk · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only there was some sort of button, or perhaps a downward facing arrow, that would provide additional details about what is happening. That would be awesome.

  3. Wish I could participate... by Corpuscavernosa · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...but I'm still running my beloved XP which they will have to pry from my cold, dead, outdated hard drive. Or, you know, unless Windows 7 is awesome.

    I couldn't be happier not having experienced the headaches mentioned in this article.

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  4. To reverse Ben Franklin :) by davidwr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those who would give up Essential Security to purchase a little Temporary Liberty deserve Microsoft products.

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  5. Re:Cancel or allow what?! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2, Funny

    If only there was some sort of button, or perhaps a downward facing arrow, that would provide additional details about what is happening. That would be awesome.

    If only there was some sort of button, or perhaps a downward facing arrow, that would downgrade a Vista installation back to good old XP ...

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  6. Re:Cancel or allow what?! by macdaddy357 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A left mouse click was detected. Cancel or allow?
    Allow.
    A left mouse click was detected. Cancel or allow?
    Allow.
    A left mouse click was detected. Cancel or allow?
    Allow.
    A left mouse click was detected. Cancel or allow?
    Allow.
    and so on....

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  7. Re:Cancel or allow what?! by schwaang · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's easy. I distinctly remember that when the "An opportunistic bit of malware wants to be installed. Cancel or Allow?" dialog came up, I hit Cancel.

  8. Re:The best solution is to... by MaxwellEdison · · Score: 3, Funny

    Should have just told him its Mojave.

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  9. Re:I never understood... by TriezGamer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the problem is that what most users will READ, regardless of the text is this:

    "The computer wants to do something. The computer needs to do things to do what you're trying to do. Allow or cancel?"

  10. Flogging dead horses never gets old by SL+Baur · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fine. Disable it. I'm just sick and tired of people making misleading comments and outright LIES about it.

    You are on the wrong forum. There's no horse dead enough we can't keep beating on.