How Windows 7 UAC shapes enterprise security

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The slider (except all the way off) has no affect on standard users...

Your article starts off by discussing standard user operations (responding to the prompt with over-the-shoulder or by giving the end user alternate admin credentials). Then you talk about the slider's options. However, unless UAC is all the way off, the slider has no affect on standard users -- it is only for the "protected admin" case.

If I'm a standard user and the slider is at the default Win7 setting (don't prompt for Windows setting changes), if I attempt to make one of these changes I will still get prompted.

Reading your article I either think you don't understand this, or if you do you don't convey it at all.

Posted by: PB_z   Posted on: 03/26/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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