Comments on: Why I Still Avoid Windows Vista’s UAC

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:21:08 +0000

I once looked into those alternatives. You know what, though? I discovered that it is easier to just deal with a malware incident than with incessant UAC prompts since they do very little to stop an infestation anyway. An end user would need to understand what they’re doing in order to benefit from UAC. It’s nice in theory, but in practice it just doesn’t do much good. It’s still the first thing I disable on Windows Vista and Windows 7 — right along with taskbar grouping. :)

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:44:11 +0000

Samuel,
As always, great article. ^^
I found something that might be of interest to you. There are third-party programs that change how often User Account Control notifies you. One such program is Norton UAC. While I haven’t tried it myself, it does look promising.
Also, in Windows Vista, the frequency of UAC notifications can be changed via Local Security Policy.

I probably don’t need to tell you that (as you most likely already know), but it may help someone who sees this post.
Thank you!

By: Mina Lanman

Mina Lanman — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:31:55 +0000

WoW:)

By: mike

mike — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:22:59 +0000

ohhh nice info

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:03:04 +0000

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By: Roy Clark

Roy Clark — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:50:56 +0000

thanks !! very helpful post!

By: Calvin

Calvin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:10:51 +0000

It just don’t make sense to me, plain damn weird…

By: Zetta Dandrade

Zetta Dandrade — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:21:21 +0000

Amazing stuff thanx :)

By: Antique Ring

Antique Ring — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:45:12 +0000

I usually do not comment on blog posts but I found this quite interesting, so here goes. Thanks! Regards, P.