Guest IanP Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 It is the one with the security agent standind next to "PC." I just found this one hilarious because it really reminded me of when I used Vista (it is true - everytime you do something, it asks for permission - very annoying). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dice7 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) Comments deleted by user go here to find out why Edited February 9, 2007 by Dicenet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenta Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 All other OSes do the same, but Vista is a god damned nazi about it. It was even worse in Beta 1. Argh. Good thing it's easy to turn off, but for the rest of the people using Vista, they are screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aPpLeFrEaKpEePs Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 yaa UAC in vista is a real PITA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markandeya Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I just saw this ad(funny). I didn't use vista. Is it really like that. Thats annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotskip Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) Not really, just more FUD from Apple. The types of actions that require elevation to administrator status (and therefore display a UAC elevation prompt) include those that make changes to system-wide settings or to files in %SystemRoot% or %ProgramFiles%. Among the actions that require elevation: * Installing and uninstalling applications * Installing device drivers * Installing ActiveX controls * Installing Windows Updates * Changing settings for Windows Firewall * Changing UAC settings * Configuring Windows Update * Adding or removing user accounts * Changing a user’s account type * Configuring Parental Controls * Running Task Scheduler * Restoring backed-up system files * Viewing or changing another user’s folders and files Within Windows Vista, you can identify in advance many actions that require elevation. A shield icon next to a button or link indicates that a UAC prompt will appear. I’ve been using the final release of Windows Vista every day for nearly three months. I rarely see a UAC prompt, and when I do, it takes one click to deal with it. On at least two occasions, I have decided against installing something as a direct result of seeing a UAC prompt. It made me stop and think about whether I really trusted the program I was installing. In both cases I went and did more research, found some bad reviews, and decided against installing the program in question. That’s worth the price of admission for UAC, in my book. http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1602 The only common things are installing/uninstalling apps, updates and ActiveX and out of those 3, the only -real- common one which average users will come across is ActiveX. So, it's not as bad as these people here, and Apple, will make it out to be. Edit: Oh yeah, I've caught out a fair few people on here lying about UAC, like lostgame, he said it required 7 prompts to install WLM when it requires ~1. Funny ad though. Edited February 10, 2007 by robotskip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Koh-i-Noor Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 That may be, but it is still annoying when your computer asks you something like that: Me: I want to install this program (download) PC: Are you sure you want to install that program? Me: Yes (I go about installing it) PC: Are you sure you want to install this Me: Yes PC: Are you sure that was the correct answer? STFU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 i downloaded the stripped down version because the security was pissing me off so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 i got i virus on vista before the installer even finished it C R A S H E D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye bye windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) i downloaded the stripped down version because the security was pissing me off so much You can turn it off quite easily. i got i virus on vista before the installer even finished it C R A S H E D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye bye windows And how did you figure that out? Edited February 12, 2007 by user2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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