Re: I bought a new computer yesterday... it came with VISTA <gasp>!!

"Sandman" <mr@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
mr-57FA98.08333527032007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 3/27/07 12:33 AM:

In article <46088c7a$0$504$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I installed a bunch of legacy programs not written for Vista, and all
installed and ran without a hitch, although it did ask for my
permission at the beginning of each install, but at least I didn't
have to type the administrator password in each time like on my Mac.

You're happy with that? Anyone can say "yes"; asking for the password
confirms that the person at the helm is authorised to say "yes".

For a regular use account it asks for an
Administrator password.

But that's not the default account type. In an advocacy group,
non-standard settings are just a note, not the target of comparison.

I do not believe tabs are the default/standard in Safari... does that mean
that IE 7 has better tab support than Safari? The standard on OS X's dock
is to have magnification turned on... shall we discuss the weakness of that
in comparison to the task bar?

But I don't think the purpose of the dialog, when
an Administrator is logged in, is to confirm that
the logged in user is an Administrator.

To underscore how insecure it is? :)

The idea is pretty simple: the standard purpose of the dialog is to inform
the user, *not* to check to see if the user is authorized. You can debate
if it should or should make this check or when it should make this check and
there can be reasoned disagreement, but you show little understanding of
what the dialog is even for.

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