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Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised
From: Michael Krymson <krymson () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:22:21 -0600
I'm with Valdis on this one. You have to understand that Windows is probably as popular as it is now very largely *because* of the freedom the OS offered people *and* software makers to do what they want with it. This is not entirely different from DRM vs Unrestricted media... In order for Microsoft to do anything proper about it, they would have to splinter their market and either piss off software makers that depend upon the ease of use, or piss of users who want freedom to put whatever app they want on their system or make whatever changes without aggravation. And any major off-putting change would give many people and businesses a reason to explore alternatives... One thing in our (and Microsoft's) favor towards securing the end user experience is the growing number of people who realize two things. It's their own fault when their system gets stupidly slow because Windows lets them be stupid. And as people "grow up" into computers they reealize they only really do 10 things on them and only really need 10 different apps. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:14 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:02:56 CST, Miller Grey said:...knowing all this, how does it get fixed? What is the proper way forMSto enforce UAC?I'm quite frankly not convinced that there is in fact any economically feasible way for MS to ship a "proper" UAC.
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- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised, (continued)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised T Biehn (Feb 02)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Christopher Pritchard (Feb 02)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Ureleet (Feb 03)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 03)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Ureleet (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Andy McKnight (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Ureleet (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Andy McKnight (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Miller Grey (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Michael Krymson (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Andy McKnight (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 06)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised M.B.Jr. (Feb 03)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Miller Grey (Feb 05)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Kevin Wilcox (Feb 05)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Miller Grey (Feb 05)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Kevin Wilcox (Feb 05)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised Miller Grey (Feb 05)
- Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised M.B.Jr. (Feb 05)