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Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News As the developers were able to grant the back-end part of the program privileges to run without express user approval every time the machine starts up, they claimed Windows Vista's security limitations were "artificial at best, easy to code around... [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]
SSH: The Secure Shell - Per-Account Server Configuration
White Paper Each user configures his own account, using the facilities highlighted, without needing special privileges or assistance from the system administrator. Now it's time to introduce a third, finer-grained method of server control: per-account... [17 Oct 2007]
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: Security industry ready for retail launch
News Also, User Account Control runs a Vista PC with fewer user privileges, in an effort to keep malicious code from doing as much damage as it would on a machine running in administrator mode - a typical setting on Windows XP. [18 Jan 2007]
Teach Your Apps to Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control
White Paper When more privileges are necessary to execute a restricted operation, the user will be prompted for authorization on the secure desktop. This starts with creating a restricted, or filtered, token during interactive logon for users with elevated... [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. Gostev said: "There are tens of thousands of viruses which are fully functional just under a... [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]
User Account Control Overview
White Paper In Windows Vista, Microsoft has developed a simple and more secure mechanism for running in Standard User mode with common operating system configuration tasks that currently require elevated privileges. [05 Dec 2006]
Achieve the Non-Admin Dream With User Account Control
White Paper Fewer users running with administrator privileges is a worthy goal in most IT organizations. But while IT administrators generally agree that restricting users to a standard user account is the way to go, about 80 percent deploy their desktops with... [05 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 Now, even administrators will typically run most applications and system services with Standard User privileges by default, providing a smaller "Attack surface" for electronic attacks and increasing the overall security of the system. [22 Nov 2006]
TechNet Webcast: Limiting Administrator Privileges With User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper Companies today face a difficult trade-off: Is it better to deploy PC users as administrators and accept the high security risk, or to limit user privileges, which has implications for application compatibility and user productivity? [14 Sep 2006]
Avoid Vista until 2008, business users told
News The annoyance would come from such features as User Account Control, which is to be enabled by default and lets users run Windows with fewer privileges. Additionally, Microsoft's first new operating system release in five years may reduce the need... [08 May 2006]
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