Comments on: Featured Article: Why UAC works and how it can be improved in Windows 7

By: любoвь

любoвь — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:10:20 +0000

Интересно. Вообще чтение вашего блога это не просто глупое просматривание разных тем или чтениевсякой ерунды про то, чем человек сегодня занимался, а нахождение реально полезной информации.

By: Huge Security Flaw in Windows 7 UAC | IT Knowledge Hub

Huge Security Flaw in Windows 7 UAC | IT Knowledge Hub — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:17:28 +0000

[...] Featured Article: Why UAC works and how it can be improved in Windows 7 There’s been a lot of confusion around User Access… [...]

By: exinco

exinco — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:46:35 +0000

i never use windows vista, but i think the features is a good news for personal and corporate user

By: Technology Tips

Technology Tips — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:45:00 +0000

well, its true that UAC is quite annoying at early version of windows vista (even we know it have security importance)..

I hope the next windows version (windows 7) will improve more windows security.

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By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:14:57 +0000

For those interested in the topic, here’s some suggested reading:
http://windows7center.com/windows-7-news/engineering-windows-7-writes-about-user-access-control/ (Summary)

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/10/08/user-account-control.aspx (Full article)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:38:40 +0000

Good article explaining UAC, it does work, it’s just that they were off to a rough start and all the other websites think it’s cool now to be bashing whatever Microsoft puts out (ahem Infoworld…) The 1st point you made can be a bit tricky, the person on the other end could take it that Microsoft is suggesting them to allow or deny automatically, and should something happen to their computer, Windows 7 will just get some bad press again.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:36:13 +0000

Hello and welcome to the website. I think I might’ve used the wrong word by saying “over-estimating.” But perhaps they could have done something to help developers convert to writing more UAC friendly apps.

I have not taken a look at Norton’s UAC tool, is it a much better improvement than the default Vista tool?

I agree with you on the first point. The trends can prove to be unsafe for users that aren’t completely aware or techy. Why do you think the blacklist idea may be unsafe?

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:29:04 +0000

Good post… however I have a couple comments, firstly I’m not sure if Microsoft ‘over-estimating’ third-party developers, UAC was a deliberate tack to force them into changing and based on the statistics shown on the Engineering Seven blog it seems to have worked.
Secondly while I agree with the last 2 points you suggest, the 1st two look like the reasons Norton stated after releasing their own UAC replacement tool. The problem with these are that while they seem more user-friendly and make sense, they are actually security issues in themselves and it’s understandable as to why Microsoft chose not to do that.

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