A UAC by any another name... is still a UAC prompt...

re: A UAC by any another name... is still a UAC prompt...

cf — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:59:48 GMT

These commenters obviously have never used Vista. Vista does not bring up UAC when some wants to "delete a shortcut from your start menu"... only when you do something that can affect your system (like installing a program)... I can go for months without seeing it come up ... at least you don't have to type in a user name and password in the default user accounts in Windows like you do on OS X.

re: A UAC by any another name... is still a UAC prompt...

JKK — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:46:57 GMT

you really have to be a moron to compare the security verification screen (which avoids messing up the system) with Vista's UAC that avoids you doing "normal" use of the computer. Also, notice that Vista's UAC only has a cancel or allow option, which leads to users clicking without thinking, whereas the requirement of inserting the passwords lets you know that what you are doing is actually going to affect the whole system. BTW, an admin account is not recommended as an every-day account. And root is not needed at all unless you are a geek (something around 1% of people using computers), and if you are one, you know how to turn it on yourself.

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Sam Gentile — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:38:37 GMT

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re: A UAC by any another name... is still a UAC prompt...

Aaron Booker — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:55:02 GMT

And where do you think MS got the idea for UAC? :-)

I LOVE that Apple doesn't get viruses by default (a la XP), and has no spyware AT ALL - you have to enable Root on a Mac via Terminal - it's not even an option to enable as you create a new user. Oh yeah, and you can't turn "UAC" off on a Mac either. Of course it only asks approval when it should - software installs, software updates, etc. Very rarely annoying. This is why Mac users going to Vista won't complain about UAC - they're used to it. I'll be glad when UAC is something that Windows users stop whining about too.

Apple has been way ahead of MS in support for WPA/WPA2 (and wireless in general). I don't have a wireless device with WEP enabled anymore... WPA/WPA2 is a good thing to force, IMO.

Aaron

re: A UAC by any another name... is still a UAC prompt...

Tom — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:29:43 GMT

You might want to look into security of *nix-based systems, specifically the sudo command.

The difference? It prompts you when you *actually are doing something that affects the system*, not when you try to delete a shortcut from your start menu.