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- Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"
- The UAC flaw, a serious issue bubbling away underneath the surface of Microsoft's next operating system, has been described as the "Pandora's box of security vulnerabilities". But what is it exactly? Where did it all start from, what is the vulnerability and where do we go from here? Hopefully this...
- Tags: Standard User, Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Vulnerability, Malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Windows 7: taming (and tweaking) the beast within
- Zack Whittaker is busy saving the world once again. This post was set to be released now in his absence. I've spent a dull, dreary, wet, cold and windy day in Canterbury cooped up in the warm confines of my duvet, to bring you a bunch...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows 7, Window, Key, Zack Whittaker, OK, How-To Geek Blog, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Construction, Software
- Blog posts 2009-01-22
- Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time
- Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt Software vents, intelligently, about Windows Vista's UAC conundrum: UAC could certainly have been handled better. It does something the security industry has been well aware of for a long time â€" it creates the “cry wolf†problem of popup fatigue (people turn off or ignore...
- Tags: Dialog Box, Permission, Window, Control Panel, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., UAC, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Construction, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Does running Vista make you feel safe from malware?
- Does running Vista make you feel safe from malware?Yes, though I had service turned off in task manager that have mine offlineI can't seem to get all the required .net running and this concerns me. There are about seven or so that will not come on start.RE: Does running Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, malware, Vista Make
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools
- Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Over the past year, reviews of Windows Vista by mainstream media outlets, the technical press, bloggers, and ordinary users have been, for the most part, scathing. And many of those bad reviews were absolutely accurate. My...
- Tags: Performance, PC, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, Tool, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- News to know: Microhoo; Taming Vista UAC; iPhone; Google; CIO Sessions
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC. Images: Taming Vista's User Account Control right Larry Dignan: Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy Mary Jo Foley: XP SP3 delayed by glitch New test releases...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vista UAC, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC
- The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been known to drive normally level-headed people over the edge with frustration. If you find it annoying, you might be tempted to turn it off. According to Microsoft research, somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of all Windows Vista users do...
- Tags: Program, Account, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Dialog Box, OK, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Taming Vista's User Account Control
- The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been known to drive normally level-headed people over the edge with frustration. But shutting it off isn't the best answer. In this walkthrough, Ed Bott explains how to tone down the hard edges of UAC without sacrificing its protection. by Ed...
- Tags: User Account Control, Ed Bott, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Windows Vista, UAC
- Image galleries 2008-04-29
- Do you really need Windows Vista?
- Not a day goes by now where I dont see an article with a title such as "10 reasons you need Vista", "10 reasons you dont need Vista" or "50 things that are wrong with Vista". It seems to me that everyone has an opinion about Windows Vista but...
- Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
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