Windows UAC – Why All the Fuss?
Windows Vista shipped with a very nasty component that many people disliked so much they tried to do away with it right away by downgrading to the older and more stable XP. But with Microsoft announcing the end of support date for XP this coming month’s end, there may be no other option for the may who stuck with XP but to purchase the new and supposedly improved Win 7 or the failure that is Vista. The much debated annoyance that is the Windows UAC (the ever present pop-up box that prompts you for admin access) has a way of being circumvented by hackers who can quickly exploit holes in security that is also to be included with Win 7.
The Windows UAC seemingly has a nasty ability to let background tasks/programs to execute without the user knowing about it, should it be armed with a stolen yet valid security certificate. This has been raised as an immensely complicated issue that has resulted in many surprising a response from the software developer. UAC afterall is put in place to help secure your desktop but many questions have to be addressed and hopefully have been by the software developer when it releases Win 7 sometime soon.