Re: Off topic: Windows

harikeo wrote:

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I think the 'lock the user out' you're referring to the UAC which is a
method of ensuring that anything done to the PC is done with explicit
permission. Out the box UAC is a pita but I can see where MS are coming
from for implementing it.

See:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/0d75f774-8514-4c9e-ac08-4c21f5c6c2d9.mspx

"User Account Control"? hmmm....

The Dark Side of Windows Vista RC1
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_rc1_worst.asp
[Quote]
And take User Account Control (UAC), please. No seriously, please take it.
And kill it. And stomp on its dead body. And then hang it on a flag pole as
a warning to others. Yes, UAC is dramatically less annoying than it was in
Beta 2. And yes, Microsoft has addressed the very egregious problems and
bugs I found in this software earlier this year. And you know what? UAC is
still annoying. It's still really annoying. It still pops up way too much,
especially when you're using a so-called administrator account. And for
once, I actually have a solution. It goes like this.
Instead of pretending that people are using the system with administrator
privileges, just call the current default account type pseudo-admin, since
that's what it really is. And then create a real administrator account type
in which there are no UAC pop-ups at all, ever. Don't make it the default,
but require users to manually create such an account after first boot, and
only after a series of annoying warnings. Then, if the user has
sufficiently proven that they're not interested in UAC and its annoying
behavior, let the user fly free. Let them be stupid. Let them get on with
life, please. UAC is the wrong solution for a very real problem. But the
truth is, real power users are just going to turn it off anyway. All that
work has been for nothing, sorry. It's just going to upset normal people.
Every. Single. Day.
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All seems rather bizarre once you've seen and become used to sane methods
for this type of thing, a la Unix/Linux/Mac style su/sudo mechanisms:

Root and Sudo authentication/access control
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Simple, effective, what's not to like?

--
JPB
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