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Regain Control Over Vista's UAC

Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 | 3 Comments

I have to admit, while the fact that Microsoft is endorsing this does little to boost my confidence, the fact this that if I was running a Vista network of workstations, this product would likely be on each machine. Overall impressions have been good with BeyondTrust™ Privilege Manager and let’s be honest, there is something to be said about taking a more proactive stance on Windows security than what we are seeing alone on the UAC front alone.

What are your thoughts, specifically those of you otherwise content with your Windows Vista experience? Would a software solution like the one above, honestly help to make UAC a lesser hassle for the average user of a workstation? Hit the comments, tell me what you think.

[tags]Vista, operating systems, security[/tags]

  • http://www.computer-help.net Davis McCarn

    IMHO, Vista’s UAC will ultimately lead to many, many technicians or users disabling it because of the trouble it causes.

    Recently, I purchased a name brand laptop in order to learn Vista and discovered that it was necessary to enable the real Administrator’s account to successfuly uninstall the “Office 2007 Trial Assistant” and “McAfee”. On a client’s system, Quickbooks 2002 ran perfectly after I disabled the UAC during installation ( I re-enabled it after it was installed).

    How about simplifying matters by having two modes; something like “Normal User” and “Software Installation”, for example? Give folks an easy way to enter “Software Installation” mode and nag them every 10 minutes to turn it off.

  • James E Hunt

    Hi Matt,

    I read your newsletter everyday. I have a request. Please don’t assume that we all know the acronyms that you use on occasion. This article for instance means nothing to me because you dod not inform the reader what UAC stands for. In the future may I suggest that you do something like this.

    Regain Control Over Vista’s UAC (User Account Control)

    Thanks.

  • Stephen Wilson

    UAC interfered with correct operation of at least one program on my desktop. APC’s Power Chute 2.1.1 Personal Edition (interface with my UPS via USB port) showed only whether A/C power was present or not with UAC activated. Once UAC was disabled. all the monitored data showed up again: battery level, battery use history, real time voltages, line noise, etc.