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    Safe To Turn Off UAC?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ArmageddonAsh, Aug 2, 2008.

  1. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hmm, yes, that would be annoying. All I can say is that on the machines I have seen, that "screen blanking" is more like a flicker. I just tried it on my Precision M90 (Vista Ultimate 32bit, 4GB memory, 2.3GHz Core2 Duo, 7200 RPM hard drive, NVidia M3600FX graphics), and it's definitely far less than a second; hard to tell with such a short time, but my guess is that the screen blanks for maybe a third of a second. Still a bit jarring as an experience, I'll admit. My guess is that they are actually switching video modes on the graphics card, and how long that takes depends a lot on the graphics hardware and drivers.
     
    Pirx, Nov 19, 2008
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  2. Lawrence

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    today i have just tried enabling a backdoor using windows alone and UAC is disabled. weeew....

    and I reset the password of the administrator password to nothing

    ***! why Microsoft??? System logon is the one running and UAC is disabled when you input
    Username and PWD.

    wow.
     
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  3. Pirx

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    I have considerable trouble trying to parse what you wrote. Can you explain what it is you are trying to say?
     
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  4. Lawrence

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    1. create a backdoor for cmd.exe
    2. in the welcome screen, type net user [username] [newpassword]
    3. whoami /all

    you can see the system logon is running with uac is disabled.
     
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  5. grasshopper

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    are you sure? by default, the entire screen turns black and doesn't go away until you click it off. its basically freezes everything and is annoying if ur watching tv at the same time. turning the "black out" off, makes the UAC more bearable.
     
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  6. Pirx

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    Maybe we were talking about two different things. In my case, the screen very briefly (1/3 of a second, like I said above) blanks out, then I get the secure desktop screen, which looks exactly like my original desktop, but dimmed, like there was a semi-transparent grey layer on top of it. On top of that there is the UAC prompt, asking me to confirm and/or provide an Admin password. Is that what you are referring to as a "black out"?

    P.S.: I don't usually watch movies while invoking the UAC prompt, but I just confirmed that, yes, when the secure desktop comes up, then the video freezes.
     
    Pirx, Nov 19, 2008
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