Gordon wrote:
Quote:
> "Paul Montgumdrop" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OA$wNasIJHA.3816@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Or you can run as Super Admin on Vista, a hidden account on Vista that
>> has full admin rights on Vista. UAC can be left enabled for Standard
>> user, because running as Super Admin on Vista with UAC enabled, no UAC
>> prompts are presented.
>>
>
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> Interesting. The two major factors in the proliferation of viruses for
> Windows are: bad software developers who write software that can only be
> run as Admin., and users who insist on running as Admin for
> "convenience"..... Wrong, it is MS that gave the software developer dubious or not the
means to run COM solutions that run under the context of the user's
account permissions like ActiveX COM controls that can do anything when
executed and other such COM component technology.
For Windows ME and down, the user always runs with root admin rights.
For Win NT and up, the user will run with full admin rights, because
that's what they do make no mistake about it.
It's MS's inability to force the software developer to not write code
with full admin rights needed, until Vista hit the scene, with UAC and
UAC compliant software, which only needs Standard user rights to execute.
However, until such time that MS eradicates COM technology off of the
Windows platform, which it is trying to do with .Net and it's going to
take some time nothing happens over night, for backwards compatibly with
legacy COM technology that's still alive and well being used in the
world of MS, MS is going to continue to face and lay in the bed it has
made.