+1 for the easier on support. I see alot of DEP + UAC bypass vulnerabilities so I'm not fully convinced on the overall increased security.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Ty Purcell <[email protected]> wrote: > I see it as making things easier for support (if you are running your > users as users only, not local admins.) I experimented with no UAC and no > admin rights, it was a big pain to support. With UAC on, it was easy. > > We had a vendor that had a couple of products that did not work with UAC > on. We told them to fix it, they cried about it, took 3+ months, but finally > fixed it. > > I agree that it will be more secure, but what do others think?? > > Ty > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] < > [email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon May 16 12:22:12 2011 > Subject: [Pauldotcom] UAC in Windows 7 more trouble then its worth? > > Hi everyone, > > We are upgrading from xp to 7 in the next few months. At the minute there > is a few areas that concern me but I only want to voice my opinions at the > right time and only for the fights worth fighting. In my personal opinion > UAC will help make our systems more secure and is worth having even if it > makes our jobs that bit harder. > > At the minute most stuff seems to work fine but there are a few pieces of > legacy software that are causing minor issues. The guy that does our third > line says it will create us a massive head and should be turned off. Can I > ask do you have it turned on? is it worth having?? any other advise? > > Many Thanks > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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