barman58

Hi steve,

Yes that's the way it I believe it operates, the UAC requires user input and the disabling of the desktop (Screen Blanking) means that malware cannot simulate this input.

I too am a believer in the UAC what we need now is for software developers to work to the regime and not write user programs to require Admin rights, which is where a lot of the disstisfaction with UAC comes from. This requirement was within the Spec for XP (just not implemented) so they have no real excuse after all this time. Vista's implementation of the spec will push then in the right direction but I won't be holding my breath. Until this requirement is met Admins who work in the real world will have to resort to these type of workrounds