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Confirmed: UAC designed to annoy us!
Lashiec:
Straight from Redmond comes the revelation that the much criticised UAC elevation prompt built into Vista was designed simply to annoy those users confronting it. Now you can direct all your hate towards Microsoft without any reservation ;D
No, it's not a joke
Another take on this revelation, complete with some links analyzing why it would be a good idea.
cranioscopical:
Didn't we all know that if Microsoft kept at it long enough they'd succeed at something related to Windows?
app103:
So the jokes about it being "User Annoyance Control" are not really a joke after all. :huh:
Carol Haynes:
Yep - they certainly succeeded - I find it hard to believe that 88% leave that option enabled. If they do it is for one of two reasons:
1) They don't know how to turn it off and are heartily frustrated
2) They work in an envirnoment where the right is denied them
The first seems the most likely, the second is unlikely as so few businesses have bothered to upgrade to Vista!
Trouble is everyone criticised Windows XP for being a security problem and MS came up with the solution - make it harder for malware by making it impossible for anyone to use it without valium or a stiff drink (preferably both).
Deozaan:
Trouble is everyone criticised Windows XP for being a security problem and MS came up with the solution - make it harder for malware by making it impossible for anyone to use it without valium or a stiff drink (preferably both).
-Carol Haynes (April 11, 2008, 06:15 PM)
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Not really. What happens is the same thing that happened with Dialog Popups. They pop up so frequently that nobody even reads them anymore and just look for the OK button.
That is, the people who take the time to read error messages are probably the same people who know how to shut off UAC.
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