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Re: MS Security Essentials I agree with giving MSSE with every computer and giving advanced users the ability to remove it. What I don't agree with is disabling UAC.
I'm an advanced user, I know what I am doing. I know my computer inside and outside. I know the purpose of every single process that is running on my computer and the purpose of every single startup entry as well. But do I disable UAC? Nope. Because every single network Administrator and Linux user would tell you is to not run as ROOT and disabling UAC is doing just that.
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join:2009-11-23 | You still have to be able to disable it as some software is not compatible (like my R6V2 on Steam...won't start with UAC enabled). |
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trparkyApple... YUMPremium,MVM
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| said by Z80A:like my R6V2 on Steam...won't start with UAC enabled They have had more than enough time to patch that game to work with UAC.
And besides, have you tried running it in Administrator mode with compatibility modes set? You can do this by going into the shortcut properties.
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join:2009-11-23 | Doesn't matter how much time they have had...it's Windows software, you can't expect it to just work like it is supposed to.
And yes, I've tried everything...UAC is the problem and turning it off is the fix. |
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I don't agree with disabling UAC is the same as running a root or as an administrator.
Just because UAC provides an extra step to do something doesn't mean it's not a root or an administrator account. This is because it will still allow the action to be done. A non-root or non-administrative account will have restrictions on it based on security settings set by the administrator and can only be changed by the administrator. UAC will provide a choice regardless of account. A non-root or non-administrative account won't give the choice at all.
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| Yes, I know that having UAC enabled doesn't mean that you're not running as root, it just means that if you don't respond to the UAC prompt or you say no, the action will not take place. If the action doesn't take place then you're fine.
But if you have UAC disabled whatever action just ran roughshod over your computer and you were none the wiser.
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