Vista - Do this instead of disabling UAC

I can't live with the UAC prompts, so I had it turned off. But I just came
across this tweak to keep UAC active while turning the prompts off.
Security Centre still reports that UAC is turned off, but it seems to be
working as you can see that IE7 runs in Protected Mode.

http://www.tweakvista.eu/show_tweak.php?tweak=84

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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>I can't live with the UAC prompts, so I had it turned off. But I just came
>across this tweak to keep UAC active while turning the prompts off.
>Security Centre still reports that UAC is turned off, but it seems to be
>working as you can see that IE7 runs in Protected Mode.
>
> http://www.tweakvista.eu/show_tweak.php?tweak=84
>


If you still want to be annoyed a bit, but not as much you could try this
one:
http://www.tweakvista.eu/show_tweak.php?tweak=107

ss.

Elevate without prompt? Say welcome to trojans and say welcome to malicious
programs which will be able to modify any system settings and files without
your user consent!
DON'T BE STUPID!

"BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Elevate without prompt? Say welcome to trojans and say welcome to
> malicious
> programs which will be able to modify any system settings and files
> without
> your user consent!
> DON'T BE STUPID!



Are you one of those people that had lots of malware problems with XP? I
never did, as I know what I am doing.

ss.

Why not just turn off the firewall, enable the administrator account, remove
all account passwords and start up as many p2p programs as your memory
allows.

You would be better off security wise to just turn off uac rather than use
this tweak.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2


"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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>I can't live with the UAC prompts, so I had it turned off. But I just came
>across this tweak to keep UAC active while turning the prompts off.
>Security Centre still reports that UAC is turned off, but it seems to be
>working as you can see that IE7 runs in Protected Mode.
>
> http://www.tweakvista.eu/show_tweak.php?tweak=84
>
> ss.

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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>
> You would be better off security wise to just turn off uac rather than use
> this tweak.
>

What?

ss.

Since you know what you are doing, why are you encouraging those who don't
to defeat UAC?

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49A592F7-501D-4B53-8C00-19C1C77683FE@microsoft.com...
>> Elevate without prompt? Say welcome to trojans and say welcome to
>> malicious
>> programs which will be able to modify any system settings and files
>> without
>> your user consent!
>> DON'T BE STUPID!
>

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:B2C8C44F-7619-46C9-B39A-F0B30F19ED1C@microsoft.com...
> Since you know what you are doing, why are you encouraging those who don't
> to defeat UAC?


I'm not. If you search this NG you'll find that many people disable UAC,
and this is a way to have UAC enabled but without the prompts.

The title of this converstaion is "Do this instead of disabling UAC"

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
> news:e8RvKM3JHHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> You would be better off security wise to just turn off uac rather than
>> use this tweak.
>>
>
> What?
>
> ss.

This tweak allows any program to silently gain elevated privileges without
warning the user. If you turn uac off some of these same programs will still
fail. With this tweak they succeed. It is a very big security hole. I
haven't tested it. I'm just going by what I read at the link. Personally I'm
not bothered by uac and would never turn it off or try to bypass it, but
then part of my living comes from repairing the damage done by malware and
anything that helps in this fight is a good thing by me. I would much prefer
to not have this as part of my business and go back to doing things like
helping customers get more out of their computers and networks.
Unfortunately because of user's and programmer's habits XP is not secure and
malware authors have a heyday. With Vista there is a chance to stop this
trend unless of course everyone does like you and bypass' the security.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2

But of course I am saying "defeat" not "disable." As in defeat the
protection as opposed to knowing that you have to take care because it is
disabled.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:B2C8C44F-7619-46C9-B39A-F0B30F19ED1C@microsoft.com...
>> Since you know what you are doing, why are you encouraging those who
>> don't to defeat UAC?
>
>
> I'm not. If you search this NG you'll find that many people disable UAC,
> and this is a way to have UAC enabled but without the prompts.
>
> The title of this converstaion is "Do this instead of disabling UAC"
>
> ss.