Microsoft Caves, Will Change UAC In Windows 7

Posted by kdawson on Friday February 6, 2009 @02:03AM from the more-better dept.

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."

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Wait, isn't it a beta? by Nick+Fel · 2009-02-06 02:50 · Score: 0, Redundant

Beta had something wrong with it, beta testers spotted it, company fixed it prior to release. How is this news? Next headline: release candidate close to final version!
Re:I had a little glimmer of hope by NatasRevol · 2009-02-06 03:38 · Score: 0, Redundant

I think I'm changing my sig:
"Windows has become the AOL of operating systems."

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There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
blah blah blah .... by yvesdandoy · 2009-02-06 03:39 · Score: 0, Redundant

blah blah.
Again and again.