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Windows Vista SP1 - Streamlining UAC Interaction

18-Dec-07

Here’s a great example of the improvements to interaction with User Account Control in Windows Vista Service Pack -creating folders in system locations (e.g. the Start Menu, Program Files etc.). This is probably the most ‘in your face’ UAC interaction, and beyond this I’ve personally found UAC to be quite usable.
With the release version of [...]

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TweakVI encourages users to turn off UAC

11-Mar-07

TweakVI is a tweaking and “optimisation” application from Totalidea that is essentially a front end for a large number of registry settings that you can enable or disable to change the behaviour of features in Windows Vista. The application is mainly aimed at power users but I would assume that some slightly less power users [...]

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Special Keys I’d Like To See: The Elevate Key

23-Feb-07

Here’s a key I’d like to see on new keyboards for Windows Vista - the Elevate Key. I’ve don’t know how it would work exactly - you would still be prompted for credentials and perhaps it could elevate the currently selected shortcut or the application in focus (can you elevate an already running process?), but [...]

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Windows Vista 101: How to leave UAC on

09-Sep-06

This one is in reply to Long’s post, but to be fair I know he’s all for UAC. Windows Vista finally introduces some real security improvements to the Windows operating system that have been long overdue. The product is still in beta, however people are already up in arms about how ‘intrusive’ UAC is. Why [...]

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