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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."
I quit hoping a long time ago. Windows gets hit over and over with security problems that are exposed to the outside world. As the stakes keep going up because compromising computers is now a business, it's that much more important for people to protect themselves.
Windows has become the AOL of operating systems.
to change anything in the UAC I'll get a 'confirmation' box that I'm running something with Admin privs, I'll need to authenticate, requiring another dialog, then when I change the level I will get ANOTHER dialog asking me to confirm my changes?
Man, that's brilliant, let's add yet another dialog asking 'Are you sure you want to do this? Really, really sure?'
Wow. I have to admit, this level of bureaucracy makes the Federal Government look lean and mean by comparison.
Pax Vobiscum