[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS.  Size indeed matters not.] LuaBuglight 2.0 - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Thu, May 15 2008 19:01 bradley

LuaBuglight 2.0

http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/attachment/691411.ashx

LuaBuglight 1.0 can be downloaded from there

I recently did a TechNet webcast about the upcoming LUA Buglight 2.0.

You can view the webcast here, and download the slides here.

I hack up my Vista.  I really do.  In order to ensure that my users have a very nice experience, when I have a sucky, crappy old application, because the same brick walls I hit in XP running as a user are the same brick walls in Vista, I hack up the registry in Vista to ensure that the users don't have UACs ever time they open up the application.

But I'm looking forward to LuaBuglight 2.0

P.S. it's my opinion that I'm not lowering the security of the OS by taking the program files\Intuit and giving it full permissions.  Given that the application demands the alternative that we run as administrator, making judicial permission changes balances the risk.

Intuit has now changed the way they program.  But the reality is that I must have older versions inside my office.  The risk of hacking up the registry of the OS is vastly superior to turning off UAC or runAs Administrator for that entire application, in my opinion.

 

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# re: LuaBuglight 2.0

Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:44 PM by Hilton Travis

I'd rather not hack security out of the OS.

I'd rather find a way to get the app to work, get the LOB vendor to learn how to write secure code or have the lcient look at a different LOB vendor who understands security and that a 17 month old OS isn't "new and we've not had a chance to test in that environment yet".  :(