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Old November 13th 08, 11:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
MowGreen [MVP]
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Default Vista + ME

@Shane:

There are several differing means for taming UAC but disabling it
negates what it was intended to do in the first place ... force software
vendors to write software that doesn't require Admin privileges to run.
The User Accounts can then be run in Limited User modes mitigating
malware exposure. Data I've seen so far supports that theory.
Vista Users as a whole have a much less incidence of infection vs. XP Users.
Also, disabling UAC can cause installation/functionality issues with
some newer software that meets the above Limited User criteria.

But then again, it's your system. Do what you want with it. w

MG



TomV wrote:

MowGreen [MVP] wrote:

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UAC will no longer be a PITA in Windows 7. w



There's TweakUAC. I've not used it myself. It has a "quiet mode"
setting that keeps UAC on without the prompts.

http://www.tweak-uac.com/home/



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