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  • Vista, Windows Calendar and UAC Tutorials

    I delayed adding the three-part "Windows Calendar" tutorial preapred by Vista4Beginners because I had not decided on the bookmark category to place the links. Now that I have created the new Windows Mail page, it occurred to me that calendar would be a nice accompanyment. As a result, the new bookmark...
    Posted to Connected to Vista Bookmarks (Weblog) by Corrine on 05-08-2007

  • Saving Favorites in IE7 on Windows Vista

    Via Robert McLaws who obtained the solution from Windows MVP Jimmy Brush : Solution: Open a Command Prompt as an administrator. Browse to the folder that contains your Favorites folder. That means whichever folder your Favorites folder is in. Copy this statement, right click the Command Prompt window...
    Posted to Vista Tips, Tricks & Tweaks (Forum) by Corrine on 03-26-2007

  • The only somewhat viable 3rd party UAC modification so far....

    http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=8199&pagtype=all http://www.beyondtrust.com/company/PressReleases/05March2007.aspx Apparently a company called 'BeyondTrust' has created a program called Privilege Manager that might actually be the only somewhat helpful and viable 3rd party...
    Posted to The Stone Blog (Weblog) by Matt Freestone on 03-09-2007

  • User Account Control - Deep Dive

    Today over at Channel9 my friend Chris Corio and UAC architect John Schwartz have an in depth look at User Account Control for Windows Vista. If you really want a good understainding of how this technology work then you should watch the entire video.
    Posted to Josh's Windows Weblog (Weblog) by Josh Phillips on 03-05-2007

  • UAC isn't a security feature, really?

    The press has been having a field day with headlines like this one due to a recent post by Mark Russinovich which explains how UAC and its integrity levels (user rights separation) work, among other things. The part of the post that people grabbed onto was his statement that 'It should be clear then...
    Posted to Josh's Windows Weblog (Weblog) by Josh Phillips on 02-20-2007

  • Re: UAC not a security feature?

    I think it is stated best in Technet, User Account Control Overview , particularly the text that I placed in bold/italics: User Account Control: Delivering a More Secure Desktop The main goal of User Account Control is to reduce the exposure and attack surface of the operating system by requiring that...
    Posted to Vista Security Discussions (Forum) by Corrine on 02-20-2007

  • Windows Vista UAC Tip - Drives not mapped for admin token

    If you are finding that you don't have access to mapped drives from your admin token try the following. When running as a protected admin you have two tokens and this key will maintain the connection for both tokes (that is my understanding anyway). It can also help to clear up issues with Login scripts...
    Posted to Vista Security Discussions (Forum) by Josh Phillips on 02-13-2007

  • Vista Tip: UAC Triggers

    Ed Bott responded to a reader's question about UAC Account triggers with a quote from his recently published book, Windows Vista Inside Out . The question came from Ed's earlier post, on why care is needed when reading Vista tips. So, while you're at it, read the articles and the comments in both of...
    Posted to Vista Tips, Tricks & Tweaks (Forum) by Corrine on 02-06-2007

  • Symantec Shouldn't Make This Software

    Anyone that has used Windows Vista at all will be familiar with User Account Control (UAC) prompts. The bulk of these you will see during initial setup of your machine, typically during installation of new software but occasionally during management of your machine. If you see one of these that does...
    Posted to Josh's Windows Weblog (Weblog) by Josh Phillips on 01-10-2007

  • Microsoft commited to "Standard User"

    This week Microsoft furthered its commitment to the Standard User desktop by releasing the Standard User Analyzer . This tool is designed primarily for developers to help them understand when their applications are using Administrator privileges. Chris Corio, one of the UAC Program Managers, announced...
    Posted to Josh's Windows Weblog (Weblog) by Josh Phillips on 05-28-2006
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