Re: UAC in Windows 7 more trouble then its worth?

[Michael Lubinski <michael.lubinski () gmail com>]

+1 for the easier on support. I see alot of DEP + UAC bypass vulnerabilities
so I'm not fully convinced on the overall increased security.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Ty Purcell <TPurcell () ffin com> wrote:

>  I see it as making things easier for support (if you are running your
> users as users only, not local admins.) I experimented with no UAC and no
> admin rights, it was a big pain to support. With UAC on, it was easy.
>
> We had a vendor that had a couple of products that did not work with UAC
> on. We told them to fix it, they cried about it, took 3+ months, but finally
> fixed it.
>
> I agree that it will be more secure, but what do others think??
>
> Ty
>
>
>
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> Hi everyone,
>
> We are upgrading from xp to 7 in the next few months. At the minute there
> is a few areas that concern me but I only want to voice my opinions at the
> right time and only for the fights worth fighting. In my personal opinion
> UAC will help make our systems more secure and is worth having even if it
> makes our jobs that bit harder.
>
> At the minute most stuff seems to work fine but there are a few pieces of
> legacy software that are causing minor issues. The guy that does our third
> line says it will create us a massive head and should be turned off. Can I
> ask do you have it turned on? is it worth having?? any other advise?
>
> Many Thanks
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