Poll : Have you got UAC enabled or Disabled ?

[JordanJP]

Me, When I first installed 7, I did have it enabled for a little while, however after a while I decided to turn it off, because I found it somewhat annoying, and I found it slowed down my everyday computer.

I don't even need it anyway, I've got a good lineup of security defenses, including (ESET Smart Security, WinPatrol, Malwarebytes) but above all what matters most is the user. As long as you practice common sense then you're good to go !


So how about do you use UAC ?

 

[Tews]

As long as you are constantly aware of what you are doing, you should be ok, but I would disagree with your complaint of slowing you down though...how long does it take to click on a button.... a second or two.... just my thoughts...

 

[HexDSL]

I use UAC, its a tiny bit irritating but it tells you when a program uses Admin rights, that's a very good thing to know.

If it irritates you for a year but saves you from a malicious program once then is worth it.

 

[Dwarf]

I've got mine set at its defaults. One thing to note if you disable it is that you also turn off the protected mode feature of IE8.

 

[JordanJP]

I've got mine set at its defaults. One thing to note if you disable it is that you also turn off the protected mode feature of IE8.

that's true

 

[HJA]

Off. My anti virus and firewall settings are set high. They ask enough questions.

 

[hackerman1]

hi !

UAC at max. (of course...)

 

[CarlTR6]

I use UAC at the default setting. I could turn it off because I have my system well protected. However, my wife also uses this computer...

 

[logicearth]

The poll is confusing....
Does 'Yes' mean enabled or disabled?

 

[zigzag3143]

Just curious, do we need another thread on this? Logic just had one about a week ago and I think we got a pretty good feel for it then

 

[valtonray]

it may be annoying at times but i don't see a point in turning it off when any impact it has on the performance of my pc is minimal and just maybe one day it will be the thing that saves me from complete catastrophe

 

[J.R.]

You should have another choice because I have UAC on for one machine and off for another. I can't choose Yes or No.

I find UAC to be annoying at best. Software and drivers do not install/work properly with UAC on.

 

[HexDSL]

I have never heard of any software or drivers not working because of UAC, in fact, I'm pretty sure that i would not install any software that recommended i turn it off.

 

[NZKFC]

The poll is confusing....
Does 'Yes' mean enabled or disabled?

This....... fix plz, it should be the following:

Do you use UAC in win7? Yes/No

or

Do you use UAC in win7? Yes/No


I turn mine right off, its horrible.

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

This poll is confusing. Have you got UAC enabled or disabled? Yes or No? :huh:
The correct input should be "Have you got UAC enabled? Yes or No?".
Amyway i have mine off. lol.

 

[smsff7]

I have UAC off. I hate how it needs me to ok everything every time

 

[swarfega]

Mine will always be enabled. Its another layer to help protect us.

 

[pparks1]

Mine is turned on, to the default settings in Windows 7.

I found it slowed down my everyday computer.

The only slowdown would be the pop-up and a mouse click...shouldn't take that long.

As long as you practice common sense then you're good to go !

I think this is mostly fine. However, I honestly don't know EXACTLY what each and every application that I have installed is doing. If it wants to become admin or needs to become admin..I want to know about it.

I have UAC off. I hate how it needs me to ok everything every time

The default settings in Windows 7 are only to notify you when the application tries to escalate up to admin. It won't tell you when you do something unless you manually adjusted the UAC slider to the very top. That is a change from Vista and many people turned it off before they discovered it.

 

[hclarkjr]

enabled running in silent mode

 

[CarlTR6]

Pparks, that definitely a clean, tidy unit. Nice