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Developers snub Vista for XP
News IBRS' Sweeney claimed that one of the major problems developers have had to overcome when working to build applications for Vista is its new security model - otherwise known as user account control (UAC). [19 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News Critics, however, have said that, by coding around User Account Control (UAC), the developers had simply done what Microsoft had intended them to do. UAC is a controversial feature of Vista designed to... [29 Apr 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of designing User Account Control (UAC), which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard user mode rather than... [14 Apr 2008]
Kaspersky attacks Vista security controls
News Security company Kaspersky claims Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) - the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights - will be so annoying users will disable it. [19 Mar 2007]
Vista: 'Expect hackers to find holes'
News Another target for hackers will be the system of user privileges - User Account Control (UAC), which can be used to restrict users' administrative rights. He added that it is already possible to circumvent... [12 Dec 2006]
Old malware can affect Vista, admits Microsoft
News Microsoft stopped short of blaming third-party email clients for the problem but said that User Account Control (UAC) - which limits users' ability to install applications unless they have administrator privileges - can... [05 Dec 2006]
Microsoft to take away staff admin rights?
News Mark Estberg, the director of Microsoft's internal security, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Australia at the AusCERT conference that a security feature in Vista called User Access Control (UAC) could mean fewer... [24 May 2006]
