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    Lasted two days with UAC...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by El Profe, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. El Profe

    El Profe Notebook Consultant

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    That is all I could take, 2 days wiht UAC, what an awful program, it is just annoyance not a security feature...

    BTW doe sanyone know a good free firewall for vista? I used sunbelt kerio on xp but they have yet to release it for vista...
     
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    deathlycold Notebook Guru

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    One highly rated firewall is Comodo firewall. It's free, but its in development for Vista. Personally, I am waiting for this one-it has many good reviews.
     
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  3. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Here you go.
     
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  4. El Profe

    El Profe Notebook Consultant

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    not to make another thread aill ask this here, where can I go to change what programs start up at "start up"?
     
    El Profe, Aug 13, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Administrative Tools/System Configuration is one place.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Aug 13, 2007
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  6. SGT Lindy

    SGT Lindy Notebook Consultant

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    Hate to say this but that is just a bad move. UAC is actually a good thing. Its worse on OS X and Linux where you have to actually put a password in everytime. Also UAC is more of a problem on a fresh install of your OS and apps as you do alot of tweaking then. Later when you are just using your computer you hardly notice.

    Also there are lots of tweaks out there that lesson the anoying part of UAC but keep the security of it. http://www.tweak-uac.com/what-is-tweak-uac/
     
    SGT Lindy, Aug 14, 2007
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  7. AKAJohnDoe

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    I find that the outbound firewall detection of PCTools FireWall Plus more than makes up for the problems UAC causes, which, by the way, are not limited to annoyances, but cause run time problems as well. UAC is OFF on my machine.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Aug 15, 2007
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  8. MonsterMaxx

    MonsterMaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    I shut the damn thing off too.

    I can see why it's there, and one could argue that in a biz environment with an IT dept it's a good thing. But it's not for me - just a pain in the azz. Thank god M$ allows us to shut the darn thing off.
     
    MonsterMaxx, Aug 15, 2007
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