Andre Da Costa [Extended64]

It sucks though that the UAC dialog is not Glass enabled.
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Well, in theory it's meant to go from:
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> Glass desktop - instantly switch to slightly dimmed background and Aero
> Basic UAC prompt - back to normal.
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> I guess you just need a uber-fast computer to have it work properly )
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> "Chris Altmann" <avalid@emailaddress.zoo> wrote in message
> news:OOTe7lQgGHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I don't have too much of a problem with the dimming effect they've added
>>to UAC in theory, but in its current implementation it is just plain ugly.
>>The whole screen flickers rudely before displaying in a dimmed state and
>>flickers again when switching back to normal. It looks really bad, like
>>there's something wrong with my monitor or like it's switching video
>>modes. I was expecting some sort of smooth transition to the dimmed state
>>and back. I filed a bug on it.
>>
>> Of course the UAC dialog in general is starting to become ineffective on
>> me. I'm already not bothering to read it more often than not. I suspect
>> many others will do the same, rendering it as useless as the "are you
>> sure (Y/N)?" prompts of yore.
>>
>> PS: I was thinking, if MS really wants to make the UAC experience
>> effective, they should add some demonic laughter when the screen dims and
>> set the "Continue" button on fire.
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD04E313-9951-4BF0-BFE1-E0B12FC24C80@microsoft.com...
>>> Wow! There is a huge difference of opinion on this feature.
>>>
>>> From TechWeb article
>>> http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.j...leID=159900001
>>>
>>> Much-Improved User Account Control
>>>
>>> The most reviled feature of earlier Vista builds, User Account Control
>>> (UAC), has thankfully been reined in with Beta 2. For the first time, it
>>> is
>>> actually useful, and goes some way toward solving a security problem
>>> that
>>> has long bedeviled Windows.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From PC Magazine http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1965703,00.asp
>>>
>>> One of the significant differences in Beta 2 is that the implementation
>>> of
>>> UAC (user account control) privilege elevation is much more
>>> intrusive-objectionably so, in our experience so far.
>>>
>>> It looks like one of these organizations has a "private" agenda.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I personally do not find it all that intrusive.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>> MVP Windows Shell/User
>>> (using Vista 5384)
>>>
>>> Quote from George Ankner:
>>> If you knew half as much as you think you know,
>>> You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew.
>>>
>>>
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