---Alex Rufon wrote: > The machine came with Windows Vista Business and a whole > bunch of stuff. > The first thing I did was wipe it and install Windows Vista Ultimate > then turned off UAC. While I was configuring the machine, windows kept > annoying me with messages saying that the machine is secure > and I should > install anti-virus and enable UAC. I told this to one of our network > admin and told me to reinstall Windows Vista and bring it to > him before > I do anything else.
IMO UAC should be left on. My experience is that it doesn't intrude much after I've got my machine set up to my liking. It will be even better as more applications become UAC aware and ask for permission before trying to do stuff. I see UAC prompts as being similar to the prompts I get for sudo permission when I try to do stuff on Ubuntu. It is also annoying to have to lock and unlock my car when using it in town, however I prefer to put up with that over the potential alternative. The following post gives some interesting background to UAC: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/10/08/user-account-control.aspx It does look like the level of UAC will be more configurable in Windows 7: <http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/10/08/not-news-microsoft-changing-uac-in-windows-7.aspx> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
