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Microsoft Caves, Will Change UAC In Windows 7
CWmike writes "Reacting to intense criticism of an important security feature in Windows 7 (which we discussed a few days back), Microsoft today said it will change the behavior of User Account Control in Windows 7's release candidate. In a blog post, two Microsoft executives responsible for Windows development, John DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky, said 'We are going to deliver two changes to the Release Candidate that we'll all see. First, the UAC control panel will run in a high integrity process, which requires elevation. Second, changing the level of the UAC will also prompt for confirmation.' They said the changes were prompted by feedback from users, including comments on an earlier post Thursday by DeVaan in which he defended the modifications Microsoft made to UAC in Windows 7."
After further research, I have my doubts that the moon is haunted. It *is* a planet, floating in space, which would suggest that, like other planets, the moon *is* haunted, but I have not yet seen any direct evidence, like footprints or things that have been knocked over.
However, I am very interested in writing software to help the scientists of earth to find out, once and for all, wether the moon is haunted, and what kind of ghosts are likely to live there. What platform would be best for this? Windows seems like the best choice, especially what with Windows 7 coming out, but I believe that such an easy to use operating system could be used for evil where it to fall into the hands of moon ghosts. Linux looks appalling in all of its forms, so it is less likely that the inquisitive mind of moon ghost's would be tempted to tamper, and also because it is so hard to use, moon ghosts would probably give up using it before any evil acts could be performed. Unfortunately, there is not so much ghost/haunting detection software available for Linux. What do the users of Slashdot think?
Look like you try hunt mammoth!
Do you want:
* Use pointy stick
* Use big rock
* Install bow and arrows plus pack?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."