Microsoft: UAC security setting not changing (for now)

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Why is this so confusing?

I'm not understanding Microsoft's position here. Didn't they get lambasted for the default everyone NT security model? Now their efforst come down to a "well, it's mostly secure now" default method? Seriously. They must be idiots.

How about a simple, elegant solution...ask the user during the installation. Make it a separate security screen with the highest level as the default and then let the user decide.

I suspect that 95% will end up being preloaded on machines or locked down by a GPO, so this will really end up being an OEM or administration issue. However, for the 5% of people who buy the product and upgrade manually...we're pretty smart. We can handle moving a slider during install to choose what level we want. We can also handle editing the registry and other tasks to eliminate this problem ourselves.

Why is this so hard? I'm really not understanding what the frackus is all about. Just offer us the option - if you want to customize it then do so. If not, then there ya go. Microsoft is going to end up pleasing nobody if they continue to take this wishy-washy middle of the road path.

Posted by: lawryll@...   Posted on: 02/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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