Microsoft caves in, will change Windows 7 UAC

    Microsoft caves in, will change Windows 7 UAC


    Posted: 05 Feb 2009
    February 5, 2009, 09:06 PM — Computerworld —

    Reacting to intense criticism of an important security feature in Windows 7, Microsoft Corp. Thursday said it will change the behavior of User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7's release candidate.
    "We are going to deliver two changes to the Release Candidate that well all see," said John DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky, two Microsoft executives responsible for Windows' development, in the second of two posts to the Engineering Windows 7 blog today .
    more: Microsoft caves in, will change Windows 7 UAC | ITworld
    Airbot's Avatar Posted By: Airbot
    05 Feb 2009



  1. Posts : 4,282
    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
       #1

    Thanks Aaron that was a good read and shows again that they are listening and trying to do whats best.
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  2. Posts : 31,250
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #2

    Thanks Aaron,

    M$ do listen,

    just like anyone else though they prefer not to admit they get things wrong sometimes
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  3. Posts : 232
    Windows 7 Build 7077 x64
       #3

    Its honestly great to see when a company listens to customer feedback and admits an errors and fixes it openly thanks to that feedback.

    Good Job MS.
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  4. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #4

    It's about time they saw the error's of their way's. That's what this beta was all about I like to think. Having a UAC prompt only when a program tries to change things is a good idea. They had to realize that was the fundamental problem with Vista and I'am sure they don't want to repeat the mistakes made with Vista.
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  5. Posts : 307
    XP Pro, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 & 32 Build 7022
       #5

    Barman58 said:
    Thanks Aaron,

    M$ do listen,

    just like anyone else though they prefer not to admit they get things wrong sometimes

    Here is a prime example....

    Microsoft backpedals on UAC flaw

    Mike :)
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