Windows 7 will nag users 29% less often, Microsoft claims

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

One of the most hated features of Windows Vista will be seen a third less often by users of the upcoming Windows 7, a Microsoft executive promised today. "You’ll see a lot fewer UAC prompts in Windows 7," said Paul Cooke, director of Windows 7 client enterprise security.

User Account Control, or UAC, the security feature that debuted in Vista, was designed to reduce the chance that malware could hijack a PC by forcing users to confirm that they really meant to do such things as install new software or modify key operating system settings. Windows 7 will nag users 29% less often, Microsoft claims