Course this really sums up what the UAC is anyway: "The popup is only effective if the user understands what they are responding to and most users will hit 'allow' anyway because they want the program to work."
"UAC doesn't really protect a computer from malicious code." It only shifts the decision to run from always happening to a user choice." "And that choice is only as good as the user running the computer." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmitt Dove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:07 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Install issues on Vista. > Also, there is a free utility TweakUAC that has three modes - on, off, and > "on but quiet." It is this third mode that I am using, and it seems to do > what I want, except, of course, for that annoying message telling me that > UAC is off. > > Emmitt Dove > Manager, DairyPak Business Systems > Evergreen Packaging, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (203) 643-8022 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence > Lustig > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:40 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Install issues on Vista. > > << > Also, even though the Vista UAC remains activated on approx 82% of users > polled, clearly almost 1 in 5 disable it for any number of practical or > personal reasons. > >>> > > I can see an option to do this on my User Accounts screen, but I'm not ready > to give up on UAC yet -- so far it really hasn't gotten in my way and I like > the extra level of security. > -- > Larry > > >
