Microsoft says UAC prompts in Windows 7 ...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 04 21st, 2009 | 5 Comments
Windows Vista’s UAC fiasco left a lasting impression on many as a good reason to just disable UAC or stay away from Vista altogether. The good news is that software developers have had more than three years to make their apps UAC-friendly by not unnecessarily requiring admin privileges, reducing...
How to run Desktop Gadgets properly with...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 Tutorials on 03 3rd, 2009 | 5 Comments
When UAC is disabled in Windows 7 Build 7000, Gadgets cannot be run. I know this may be an old issue but I’ve received several requests on help for getting this to work, so I thought I should post the solution.
It’s possible to have Gadgets running with UAC disabled. All you need to do is...
Featured Article: Why UAC works and how ...
There’s been a lot of confusion around User Account Control (UAC), even almost 2 years after the concept was introduced in Windows Vista. This is largely due to Microsoft overestimating the ability of third-party developers to develop or change software that will be “UAC friendly,”...
Microsoft to rework Windows 7 UAC to be ...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 10 9th, 2008 | 8 Comments
The Engineering Windows 7 blog sheds more light as to what we can expect in Windows 7. This blog post was a particularly interesting one because it addresses a feature that I’m sure every Vista user found annoying at some point: User Access Control. Ben Fathi goes over why they introduced the...
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