Vista - UAC sucks. Ask us once, then don't ask again

Microsoft continues to wonder why Vista does not sell as well as they hoped.

One of the reasons is the UAC. It supposedly increases our security, while asking us over and over again to approve the SAME program to run. That is just plain stupid, and trains the user to blindly approve the program. If the user interface was not plain stupid, it would ask us ONCE to approve a new or unknown program, instead of asking us over and over again to approve it. That is what Leapard on my Powermac does.

Did Microsoft implement it this way because they don't have faith in their ability to keep a database of 'approved programs' secure from hackers?

The most concise example of user interface stupidity is that I have to approve the Microsoft disk cleanup utility to run EACH time I run it. Moronic software.

And, if you disable UAC, Microsoft Vista will nag you to death to turn it back on.

Another way that UAC bites me on the rear is when I attempt to update my Jeppesen Jeppview 3 approach charts. If I don't sit by the computer, and stay
ready to approve the just downloaded update to run, it times out, and I have
to start the whole update download again. This is on my Windows Vista Home
Basic machine.

I currently own three computers running Vista, and three that still run WinXP. I also use my PowerMac, running Leapard OS. I also operate a couple of Linux machines.
I'm a software engineer, and understand a fair amount about security issues.

The emperor is wearing no clothes. But no doubt, people on this forum will reply telling me how wonderful UAC is, and why I should blindly love it as they do.

Chris Shaker

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