[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] So what do you want? - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Sat, Jun 14 2008 23:36 bradley

So what do you want?

http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/06/14/do-you-have-a-windows-7-features-wishlist/

I had to laugh at some of the wished for features on that list as I think some are already there.

Zach.. on item 8 google "Vista snipping tool".. as that's my built in sceen capture tool.

And about #2, .. Sorry dude UAC is not annoying to everyone, it's not to me.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/alunj/archive/2008/06/10/1633852.aspx

Some people like it, some don't... but don't say that everyone thinks it's annoying when everyone doesn't think that.

Call me crazy, but I don't consider it annoying at all.

And lastly item number 4 says Zach wants one version, item 22 wants a business and a consumer version of the operating system.  I think he's going to have to pick one or the other.  :-)

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# re: So what do you want?

Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:34 AM by Alun Jones

I want a single version that figures out whether I'm a business user or a games player. But it's got to figure that out before I install it.

# re: So what do you want?

Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:39 AM by Vlad Mazek

You're definitely a minority. UAC prompts are annoying to no end, and no, 16 step process of hacking them into being less annoying isn't a solution either.

Just because I know you'll respond with your enormous sample set of "Well my sisters PC" bull you always do consider there are 158,000 hits for "turn off UAC" on Google. So Karen vs. 158,000. It's annoying. Deal with it :)

Look at how Apple implements UAC and compare it to the Vista wreck. It's probably the only true Apple commercial.

-Vlad

# re: So what do you want?

Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:49 AM by bradley

No bull Vlad.  Sister, Managing Tax partner, numerous clients, Co workers that all have Vista machines.

Pretty much every Vista user I've come across that isn't an IT pro doesn't find it annoying.

Many of the ITPros that I know do.  It's the control thing Vlad.

But EVERYONE doesn't hate UAC.  Which was the point of this post.  Not "my Sister".

# re: So what do you want?

Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:25 PM by Vlad Mazek

So sister + few associates vs. 158,000. You still lose.

-Vlad

# re: So what do you want?

Monday, June 16, 2008 11:38 AM by Alun Jones

Vlad is personally illustrating my point, that people who do admin tasks all the time are the ones who hate UAC.

As for why there are so many "turn off UAC" links on Google, there's a few things to say:

1. This search matches "I don't see why anyone needs to turn off UAC", "You should never turn off UAC", etc, etc. That people are talking about an issue does not indicate which side they support.

2. Turning off UAC is quicker than understanding why you shouldn't do so, sadly.