X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49BED608.501@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:43:20 +0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Did anyone download the Windows 7 beta? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com S. Cowles wrote: > i've never run vista, so i'm new to the UAC. is it normal procedure to > deactivate UAC like this? Depends how cynical you're being ;-) A lot of complaints have been addressed at how UAC is so intrusive users just end up turning it off completely. (It's also, at least in win7, trivial for viruses etc. to bypass programmatically, because MS left a wide-open back door in it for the benefit of their own software. Duh!) cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/