Re: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission screens)" and "...But I thought I was an administrator"
Very well said. Do you mind if I put this on my web site? Or better yet
could you put it on your site and I'll link to it?
I find UAC not very intrusive at all if you run as a standard user using
"Run as administrator" when needed. There should rarely be a need to
actually logon as an administrator. I can't remember the last time I logged
on as root on my Linux system. Likewise I rarely logon as an administrator
in my SBS domain. A properly setup and secured OS should rarely need someone
logged on with system level access.
Re: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission screens)" and "...But I thought I was an administrator"
Unfortunately, this is a problem that has no simple resolution. :(
There is no way for you to allow certain programs to always run as
administrator, because Microsoft doesn't want software to be able to mimic
this behavior and be able to set programs to always run as administrator
without you knowing about it.
For right now, this is a situation where you will have to either live with
this behavior, or turn UAC off, until the software manufacturer updates
their program to be vista-compatible.
The correct way of doing this from a programming perspective is to install a
service that does the administrative tasks and then have the startup program
talk to the service when it wants to do a restricted task. This is
essentially how virus scanners and the like work.
Re: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission screens)" and "...But I thought I was an administrator"
I will be putting this on my website shortly, I will post the address when I
do.
Anybody is welcome to copy and publish this post ... the more people that
know, the better :)
Re: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission screens)" and "...But I thought I was an administrator"
Pretty simple:
If you were doing something that involves changing files and settings on
your computer or having full access to your computer and you get a prompt,
click Allow. Examples: Changing system settings in the control panel and
changing what programs start when your computer starts.
If you are trying to run a program that isn't working quite right that needs
access to your computer, but it doesn't ask you for permission, and you
trust it to have full access to your computer, right-click it and click run
as administrator.
If you are NOT doing administrative tasks (for example, you are browsing the
internet, reading e-mail, or writing a document) and a screen pops up asking
you for permission, CLICK CANCEL. You KNOW you weren't doing anything
special - and that you weren't starting a program - so don't give anything
permission to run.
You just have to be aware of what's going on - if you know you are working
with your computer, you should expect the prompts. Most of them should say
"Microsoft Windows" as the publisher - this means that the application was
made by microsoft.
If you see a prompt with an orange or red bar at the top, and Windows tells
you that the application publisher can't be verified, CLICK CANCEL unless
you are *absolutely sure* you know what that program is.
Re: ANS: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission scre
This is a common misconception people have :).
I think this is the main reason people have a hard time grasping UAC, is
because they believe this to be true, and at first glance it does seem like
this would be something obvious the computer should be able to do without
any problems.
Unfortunately, it isn't ... Windows does not know that you are the one
starting a program even if you double-click on it in explorer. That is
exactly why UAC prompts you, to ascertain this.
If this could be done without a prompt, it would be very cool indeed, and
then the only prompt that would be needed would be the case where the
program is unsigned.
However, this is a much bigger technical problem than it appears at first
glance.
Re: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission scree
Exactly...and we both know it's best to have at least two anti-spyware
programs in addition to an AV program.
" Windows Defender can only stop 'known' malware. It checks a database that
is updated often when a new threat is discovered. Defender is not an
anti-virus program.
Neither Defender nor UAC are designed to replace a good anti-virus program."
Re: ANS: "What's the deal with UAC (Windows Needs Your Permission scre
Here is what you should do. You should contact the vendor and get an
updated version of the program, because it is INCORRECTLY WRITTEN.
It breaks the XP programming guidelines. Yes, I said the *XP* guidelines,
which were published years ago.
XP was lax and let such programs run anyway. Vista polices those guidelines
much more rigidly, for security reasons.
If you insist on turning off UAC, simply type 'vista turn off uac' into
Google! I've done it for you -
Re: "What's the deal UAC? This info will help.
You also need to learn to trim a post before hitting the send button.
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