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Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News UAC does not request these confirmations from users with administrator privileges, but, in Vista, users do not have this status by default. Critics, however, have said that, by coding around User Account Control (UAC), the developers had simply... [29 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.04.08
Round-Up Cross was the group program manager for UAC, which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard user mode rather than having administrator privileges, and offers a prompt if they try to install a program. [18 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 having administrator... [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]
Teach Your Apps to Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control
White Paper The primary goal of User Account Control (UAC) is to make the default user token that applications are run with mimic that of a member of the Users group. UAC also includes other technologies to support application compatibility and to secure the... [15 Dec 2006]
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 UAC. [12 Dec 2006]
MSDN Webcast: Best Practices for User Account Control in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast explores Windows User Account Control (UAC), a new security feature in the Windows Vista operating system and explains how User Account Control reduces the security exposure and the attack surface of the operating system by running... [07 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 "help to provide better... [05 Dec 2006]
Windows Vista Feature Focus: User Account Control
White Paper The main new feature in this category is called User Account Control (UAC, previously called User Account Protection and Limited User Account). Now, even administrators will typically run most applications and system services with Standard User... [22 Nov 2006]
TechNet Webcast: Limiting Administrator Privileges With User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper User Account Control (UAC) in Microsoft Windows Vista helps solve this problem by allowing standard user accounts to perform common tasks like adding printers and changing the time zone, while also improving application compatibility. [14 Sep 2006]
Using Application Compatibility Tools for Marking Legacy Applications With Elevated Run Levels on Microsoft Windows Vista
White Paper User Account Control (UAC) leverages the Windows security architecture as originally designed in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1. When UAC is enabled in Windows Vista, all users, including administrators, run in a standard user account. [07 Mar 2006]
