Hi Dark, Hmmmm.....Strange.
As for .Net I will say that .Net Framework 1.0 and 1.1 had a problem where it would add a special account that screwed things up for a lot of people. Thankfully enough people complained about it so Microsoft fixed it in .Net 2.0. and above. This problem wasn't uac, but .Net causing a problem with useraccounts. As for the issues of accounts being currupted, files getting mixed up, etc again this looks like a nasty registry issue. Although, I have never seen that issue myself I've heard of people who have had it, and its not directly because of user accounts, but the way Microsoft did it. I will say though given your problems you have the right to be critical, upset with the way Microsoft has implemented account management, but there is nothing you or I can do about it. It is what it is. Cheers! On 7/2/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Actually, I do have the two accounts setup on windows sinse that's what > windows does by default, and also I do appreciate what you say about > security. > > However, if I list all the problems I've ever had with user accounts, > perhaps you'll understand why I am so crytical of the uac feature as a > solution. > > Back in 2004, when the university crashed Hal thanks to mcaffi, (quite > another story), after that problem was fixed, I had to constantly log in > with a different account to the one I started with, which meant a lot of > shufling of files and mucking about. > > In 2006, when in fact trying to install netframework to play various games, > my computer by default logged on with a different account, which i could > only fix with a system restore to earlier point. > > in 2007, my mum's computer locked up because several files on her account > became confused with my fathers on the same machine, and both of them > couldn't log in and the hole thing needed to be reset. > > Also in 2007, my desktop's registry got changed so that it automatically > booted with no account set, thus making it impossible to find programs or > anything else, and this needed to be fixed by altering the registry > (something I needed to get someone else to fix). > > In 2009, my account became corrupted, and once again, I needed to have > someone restore all the data from it and create a second account on the > machine. > > this is why I don't like Uac. While admittedly some of the problems could've > been fixed by taking care of the registry (something I obviously now do with > pctuneup), many more were directly caused by uac. > > While I understand it's logic for businesses, and the security point, as an > overall feature given all these problems it just seems very buggy to me, and > why I say 90 percent of computer problems I've ever experienced have been > tied to uac. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
