I've been using computers before the internet and back in DOS days so I do have some knowledge of why I don't use UAC. I don't need to be told by an operating system when I am making changes that I know are legitimate. UAC is for people who have no idea about security or don't have any security on their computers. I've talked to numerous clients who have security problems and the one answer they all have is: "what security?"
I never had a malware or virus problem--ever. I've been using computers since the 1980's. The only problems I ever had were hard drive failures. So, UAC doesn't work for me. BTW: Norton 360 updates constantly. I would trust it before I'd trust UAC which doesn't do anything for malware or viruses. From: John B. Lisle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Directory structure Jay, Bill et al, I disagree. UAC is designed to prevent users from inadvertently damaging their software, preventing some rogue software from doing bad stuff without you knowing it, etc. It has been all too common for people to go into their files and start deleting system files they do not understand and think may be malware. "I didn't install it, it must be garbage..." Malware gets on computers before the anti-malware companies can get out tools to prevent them. That, of course, is the dirty secret of the AV industry. They can only prevent what they know about and even if it only takes an hour to get a "vaccine" out for a new bug, in that hour it could infect your computer. And UAC can minimize what it can damage. john. At 04:21 PM 11/28/2013, William Boswell wrote: Same here. Nobody uses my computer except me and I'm very careful about what gets installed on my computer even though I have updated security protection. UAC is mostly designed for people who don't have or don't update their security software. From: Jay 1FamilyTree [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Directory structure Agreed UAC = User Access Control I am the only user so I dont need to control any access as it all comes from me. UAC is designed with the premise that more than one person will use the computer. Just FYI On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:43 AM, William Boswell <[email protected]> wrote: I use Norton security software and never had a problem with viruses. UAC is just annoying because it pops up every time I want to make changes within a program. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Directory structure On 2013/11/28 18:41, William Boswell wrote: > I don't use UAC. It's turned off because it's annoying. I'm running Windows > 7 Home Premium 64bit. Guess I should add you to my list of suspect emailers :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree <http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree> ) and on our blog ( http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> ). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
