2009/8/18 Doug Franklin <jehosep...@mindspring.com>: > From a security perspective, that's a bad idea. UAC may be annoying, but > it's there to help save you from Windows' "ease of use" features when > exploited by the bad guys.
The real question is whether UAC is good enough to deserve the faith you place in it. When using an updated antivirus program and a restrictive firewall, there's not much that can enter your computer without the user's conscent. I agree with Adam that it easily becomes just another of those "are you sure" -questions. Microsoft has attempted to build security for people who know nothing about the threats but everything about convenience. That's a tricky task. As it stands, UAC seems nothing more than stating questions about decisions I'm already conscious about as an advanced PC user. That's annoyance, not security. Using admin level for ordinary work is probably unnecessary but old habits are hard to break. But then again I have my old machine for computer games and other more speculative stuff, like accounting software and email. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
