Comments on: Disable annoying UAC security prompts in Windows 7, Vista by switching to UAC quiet mode

By: arjay

arjay — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:06:16 +0000

so if the purpose of this is just to shut UAC the hell up, then why have UAC in the first place? *Perhaps* if you used IE it might make sense, but how many do that?

By: Womble

Womble — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:26:25 +0000

Well i’m going to settle for a drastically cut down post here because every time I write something in reply I become too emotionally involved in it.

Let me just say I’m with 7 Tutorial on this

By: Samer

Samer — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:57:10 +0000

@ Ricardo: I could not get the Norton Utility to work on my 64 bit Windows 7, unfortunatley.

After reading more on the UAC including the artilces linked to here I still think that using it in quiet mode is the way to go.

By: Hiram Q. Pustule

Hiram Q. Pustule — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:44:40 +0000

@7 Tutorials: My conclusion on UAC (and yes, I read your article, thanks for linking to it) is that it’s a solution in search of a problem. I don’t think it provides any useful functionality that isn’t already done better–and less irritatingly–by a combination of hardware firewall, software firewall, virus filter, and malware scanner. And judicious application of the most effective malware detector ever produced, the human brain. (Your mileage may vary, and if you’ve been infected multiple times by malware and cannot seem to understand why, then maybe you’re UAC’s target audience. [Not you, 7 Tutorials, but the hypothetical reader who doesn't run a firewall or virus scanner and doesn't practice safe computing.])

I do not need a software mother asking me if I’m really, really sure I want to run a program immediately after I very clearly communicated my desire to run a program by double-clicking its icon. I am very obviously not alone in that sentiment, and Microsoft would do well to try to wrap their collective heads around that fact. An OS is supposed to help me do what I want to do, not constantly second-guess me and get in my way all the time. I have a department director who meets that need in my life, thank you very much.

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By: 7 Tutorials

7 Tutorials — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:47:13 +0000

These kind of tools are actually compromising the security of Windows 7. I really do not recommend people to ever disable UAC, especially in Windows 7 where it is less annoying than in Windows Vista.
Before making so bad recommendations to your readers, it would be better for you to document yourself a little.

I honestly recommend you this series, which sheds more light into the issue with UAC and why you should not disable it:
http://www.7tutorials.com/uac-why-you-should-never-turn-it-off
http://www.7tutorials.com/windows-7-vs-windows-vista-uac-benchmark

Samer: Even if you don’t publish this comment. Do read these articles. You might change your mind afterward.

By: jasray

jasray — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:07:58 +0000

ThreatFire by PC Tools provides a viable alternative–or the Comodo Firewall stops unwanted, malicious files from running. Lots of options. I did notice UAC acts much like the Admin privileges on Ubuntu, so the concept isn’t new.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:15:48 +0000

@Carbonize:
Yes, perhaps white lists are an issue — but I am pretty sure not a bigger issue than people turning off UAC. I agree that the learning feature should’ve been there from MS from the start.

@Jasray:
Hmmm… I think either the program suggested here by Samer or the Norton alternative give you better protection than UAC. But then again, some people may get away without immunization shots if everyone else is doing it…

@Josh:
I don’t understand why you think it works so horribly. I keep it on my everyday laptop, and I can’t really find anything to complain about. It certainly works (otherwise Everything, the search program, would bring a UAC dialogue every time), and it uses dialogue boxes which are pretty standard…

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:53:43 +0000

@Ricardo:

Yeah, I tried it, and it sucks! Norton should be ashamed to release such a horrible program. Not only does it work horribly, it looks like something that was digested, pooped out and puked on. Norton has never gone that low before.

By: jasray

jasray — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:14:51 +0000

Yes, why add yet another program to a program to a program to an OS? Simply turn off UAC.

By: minipower

minipower — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:57:21 +0000

@ Taggart: the ridiculous thing is that when you change the UAC feature from windows 7 user panel it asks again with the damned UAC windows and then asks for reboot, why they don’t do somehting about this?
They can copy from other systems many features and ideas but cannot do oen of their own better, they dont give a schit about customers?

By: Carbonize

Carbonize — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:09:14 +0000

The stupid thing is that UAC is supposed to remember your choices. At least I’m damn sure that’s what I read once. I’m sure I read that UAC was supposed to learn but buggered if I’ve seen it learn anything

Of course if we start creating whitelists we open up the possibility of a virus checking for known whitelist programs and masquerading as them.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:18:12 +0000

Regarding UAC here is my best advice:
Try Norton Lab’s “Vista User Account Control”, available free of charge from Symantec. It is Beta, but it has been working for me for about a year already. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/54p1cb

What this UAC control does is, it has a “remember me” feature, which is pretty smart and works like AdBlock or Pop-up busting programs: it remembers what it should and what it shouldn’t block. This “remember me” feature seems to make it more desirable than this alternative given here.

By: Grolo

Grolo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:53:05 +0000

You can easily do this in windows…

By: Nathan Taggart

Nathan Taggart — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:58:43 +0000

You know in Windows 7 You don’t need a program to do this all you have to do is go to control panel then to User Accounts and Family then to User Accounts and finally click on Change User Account Control Settings and There it is… There’s no need to get a completely separate program when the feature is already built in