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Why I Turned Off Vista User Access Control
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
When Windows Vista was first released for retail purchase at the beginning of 2007, one of the most common complaints from new Vista users was that UAC (User Access Control) was a real hassle. Some users were really annoyed that Vista kept prompting them for the admin password, or for permission, when they tried to run a program (ex. Acrobat Reader) or perform some common system-related task (ex. view the event logs). I was one of those people who found it to be annoying, but I didn’t resort to the drastic kneejerk solution that many Vista users did: turning off UAC.
Instead, I just read up on UAC, in articles like this TechNet article entitled "Achieve the Non-Admin Dream with User Account Control", and in "User Account Control Overview", "Getting Started with User Account Control on Windows Vista", and "Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista". I of course came to the conclusion that UAC had real merit, and was most likely not the work of the devil. For the next seven months, I left UAC enabled on my Vista R&D box. Note that every box I have is an "R&D box", because even when not officially working - when I’m just surfing the web instead - I’m still playing with malware, checking out phishing sites, browsing through various server and firewall logs, etc. why i turned off vista user access control - CA
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