On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:59:28 -0600, cjshaker wrote:
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> Microsoft continues to wonder why Vista does not sell as well as they
> hoped.
>
> One of the reasons is the UAC. It supposedly increases our security,
> while asking us over and over again to approve the SAME program to run.
> That is just plain stupid, and trains the user to blindly approve the
> program. If the user interface was not plain stupid, it would ask us
> ONCE to approve a new or unknown program, instead of asking us over and
> over again to approve it. That is what Leapard on my Powermac does.
>
> Did Microsoft implement it this way because they don't have faith in
> their ability to keep a database of 'approved programs' secure from
> hackers?
>
> The most concise example of user interface stupidity is that I have to
> approve the Microsoft disk cleanup utility to run EACH time I run it.
> Moronic software.
>
> And, if you disable UAC, Microsoft Vista will nag you to death to turn
> it back on.
>
> Another way that UAC bites me on the rear is when I attempt to update
> my Jeppesen Jeppview 3 approach charts. If I don't sit by the computer,
> and stay
> ready to approve the just downloaded update to run, it times out, and I
> have
> to start the whole update download again. This is on my Windows Vista
> Home
> Basic machine.
>
> I currently own three computers running Vista, and three that still run
> WinXP. I also use my PowerMac, running Leapard OS. I also operate a
> couple of Linux machines.
> I'm a software engineer, and understand a fair amount about security
> issues.
>
> The emperor is wearing no clothes. But no doubt, people on this forum
> will reply telling me how wonderful UAC is, and why I should blindly
> love it as they do.[/color]

Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista
¡E User Account Control
¡E Image management
¡E Display Driver Model
¡E Search
¡E 64 bit architecture
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=34f40386-9661-49b1-87ce-6d4a39e83747&DisplayLang=en[/url]

> Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista[color=blue]
> ¡E User Account Control
> ¡E Image management
> ¡E Display Driver Model
> ¡E Search
> ¡E 64 bit architecture
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=34f40386-9661-49b1-87ce-6d4a39e83747&DisplayLang=en[/url][/color]

I understand it, and it's intent.
Too bad they did such a piss poor job of implementing it.
But after seeing the how the rest of the OS was designed, it's no surprise.