Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

[Ureleet <ureleet () gmail com>]

y not have ur os secure in the first place and designed with full
permissions instead of bothering the user.  look at linux, look at
unix.  theyve been doing it 4 years.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Christopher Pritchard
<mailinglist () brainiacghost co uk> wrote:
> > The biggest issue here is that although it's technically easy to fix
> > this problem (just have UAC issue an alert when somebody's messing with
> > the system settings), it involves doing more of what end users dislike
> > most about UAC (it issuing alerts to Joe Sixpack all the time when he
> > does something bone-headed security-wise).
> >
> > Fixing this one in a way that users will put up with will be a bitch.
>
> Why not just have it not prompt if you are changing settings, except for UAC settings? that would be the simple way 
> around it
>
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