I have it off specifically because of scripts – we run Desktop Authority and DA will get into fights with UAC and hang forever on login.
---- Jack Kramer Manager of Information Technology University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 From: David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:51:13 -0400 To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: RE: Win7 UAC - is your on or off? Sounds right. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win7 UAC - is your on or off? Isn't that good reason something like, the user may know when he's doing something on his system, but does he know when a script somewhere is doing something on his system? -- richard David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote on 06/30/2011 09:33:22 AM: > Do any of you turn this off? I had our Service Desk Manager look at > me like I had two heads when I told him I don’t turn mine off and I > asked “yours is off?” and he answered “It’s me, I know when I am > doing something to my system…”. > > I swear I read somewhere there is good reason to keep UAC on and > just throttle down the prompts (with Win7 I’ve left it at default), > but I’ll be damned if I can find it at the moment. I thought it was > a Minasi or other level of author. > > Desmond? > David Lum > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
