Windows 7 - Pending UAC Disaster?
Filed under: Information, Related Topics, Web Innovation Tips, Webtionary on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Greg | No Comments
Industry experts are raising the alarm with the bubbling security flaw, the so-called UAC or User Accounts Control, a security measure Microsoft deemed necessary to safeguard the overall stability of the system. It made it’s first appearance with Vista, remember, the irritating pop-up that always asks for your permission whatever you are doing? Microsoft designed it in a way that it prevents users from modifying vital or critical system settings enough to make it unstable and thus unusable. Now the problem with the UAC is that it may be the effervescent irritating pop up that seems to checks everything and anything you do but in reality, it doesn’t. There are specific applications or programs, changes that if are done properly (digitally signed or even duped to be so) can get fast-tracked or executed without any annoying pop up showing up. Read the rest of this entry »
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