On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:03:01 -0500, Justin wrote:
> For various reasons I turned off UAC.
> Is there a way I can prevent that bubble in the lower right from warning
> me constantly?
Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista
¡E User Account Control
¡E Image management
¡E Display Driver Model
¡E Search
¡E 64 bit architecture
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
The User Access Control (UAC) can detect rootkits before they install.
AV-Test.org carried on a test of common AV applications to find out how
good they detected rootkits. The examiner had to turn off UAC because it
detected every rootkit used in the test.
Avoiding Rootkit Infection.
"The rules to avoid rootkit infection are for the most part the same as
avoiding any malware infection however there are some special
considerations:
Because rootkits meddle with the operating system itself they *require*
full Administrator rights to install. Hence infection can be avoided by
running Windows from an account with *lesser* privileges" (LUA in XP and
UAC in Vista).
You should understand the reason why UAC is there. You should read about
the two access tokens for user/admin on Vista, and yes, if UAC is disabled,
then Run As Administrator is disabled too.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc709691.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../cc160882.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../cc138019.aspx
Now, listen to the experts and be guided accordingly!
Good luck