Windows 7 ny og bedre...

New to Windows 7 is the ability to fine tune User Account Control (UAC), the infamously chatty feature introduced in Windows Vista to improve security.

As the Windows operating system cannot differentiate between a user clicking a button and a program clicking a button, UAC was initially implemented to always prompt the user via a dialog shown in the Secure Desktop, similar to the login screen.

Windows 7, however, now ships with UAC configured to hide prompts when users change Windows settings. While this mode still ensures normal applications can’t overwrite your entire registry hive, Microsoft made a boo-boo in allowing users to change any Windows setting without any prompts. Yes, you can even change UAC settings, allow applications free reign in elevated mode (after the required restart).

I’m not alone in scratching my head here – According to an envelope of Post-It notes received by Long Zheng, there have been multiple submissions of this very issue on Microsoft’s beta portal, Connect. Guess what happened. They were all closed — “by design”.

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