Do You Use UAC with Vista?

Do you Use UAC with Vista?

  • Yes, I do use it.

    Votes: 54 46.6%

  • No, I disabled it.

    Votes: 57 49.1%

  • I customized my UAC.

    Votes: 5 4.3%
  • Total voters
    116
  • Poll closed .
I disabled mine, though I think I should keep it enabled and get used to it.
 
one machine its enabled, one its not.
Neither machine gets booted into vista very often any more.
 
I know I should have left it on, but it bugged the shit out of me.

Doesn't make much difference now: I'm back on XP. The drivers for my video card/sound were extremely flaky under Vista.
 
The Steam version for Call of Duty would not launch and turning off the UAC was listed as a fix on the support page. The game launches fine now and I see no reason to have the UAC turned back on anyway.
 
My only Vista machine right now is my work notebook and we have an application that won't run under UAC so I had to disable it.
 
i've left it on since i installed Vista (at launch) and i've gotten so used to it, it really has become a non issue..

the first few days where rough because of the constant bombardement but now that my machines are stable it really isn't an issue...

its actually kindof nice to know when something is trying to run..
 
I turned off UAC because I was unable to start some games and programs :rolleyes: - that was my only problem in Vista.

 
I haven't really had any issue with it... As long as programs are installed correctly I don't really think you'll have a problem.

Of course, I don't game, soooo......
 
You forgot an option in your poll. I disabled it, such the computer up, and then re-enable it. The main reason I do this is for organizing my Start Menu icons. That's a royal PITA if you have UAC enabled. However, once I get the basic machine setup in place, I turn it back on, and it doesn't really prompt me very often.
 
It's on, but ready to turn it off, as every time I play DiVX content from Media Center, it pops up.

Is there anyone to tell UAC which programs are always ok?
 
customized i guess. i setup an admin account with a password and my account is just a regular account.
 
I tried Vista back in the Beta days.
It would piss me off so bad.

It would go to make the tranisiton to fade to black, but since my video card drivers weren't installed or something, the tranisition would take a year and 5 months, so I disabled it.

That is the only function I saw it doing.
Ask to run a program.

I know what to and not to run.
 
Considering I use Outpost firewall and have it set to confirm every ActiveX, Javascript, Java, etc scripting/applet/etc on every web page I visit I don't see the UAC dialogue box as a massive problem. It's only annoying if you think it is. You don't get too many pop ups in everyday use. Mainly when installing applications or making system changes. Unless your doing that every day I don't see what the fuss is all about.

Personally I think MS should be more proactive to highlight the benefits of UAC then it is doing. There is a lot of FUD flying around about it.

However, I have to admit that MS has a mountain to climb regarding security and applications having complete system control and UAC will not solve the problem that MS should have solved in XP. Administrator privileges and that every application expects it. Asking users to confirm elevated administrator privileges can only lead to user fatigue. In the end the average user is just going to click confirm every time the UAC dialogue box appears.

I'm a security freak. But your everage Joe is going to just click confirm, even if a malware writer decided (just for the hell of it) to state in the dialogue box "A trojan backdoor wants to open an IRC channel".
 
Rebel44 said:
I turned off UAC because I was unable to start some games and programs :rolleyes: - that was my only problem in Vista.

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Simple solution, give those games admin privileges. If I didn't want the added security of UAC then I wouldn't have bothered with Vista in the first place.
 
Solid State said:
Considering I use Outpost firewall and have it set to confirm every ActiveX, Javascript, Java, etc scripting/applet/etc on every web page I visit I don't see the UAC dialogue box as a massive problem.
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Wow, that's a bit on the anal side, don't you think? I tried Outpost and it is the most annoying firewall I have ever used. If you like that one you would love Anti-Hook. Another firewall that can be made to annoy you to hell and back is Netveda Safety.Net but that is much more than just a firewall, set it to high security mode and knock yourself out.

http://www.netveda.com/

http://www.infoprocess.com.au/AntiHook.php

IMO, if you have a decent router with firewall and enable the OS firewall and use Firefox with the noscript plugin you don't need all that annoying 3rd party crap. But I have played around with all that stuff just for fun on occasion. I use my PC as a tool and not something to play program manager on all day.
 
Gatticus said:
Simple solution, give those games admin privileges. If I didn't want the added security of UAC then I wouldn't have bothered with Vista in the first place.
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No, you "THINK" its a simple solution. Giving those games admin privileges does not always fix the problem. I already said in my earlier post that some games in Steam only run properly with UAC off. The Steam support page even tells you that.
 
How do you get UAC to play nicely with flash in IE with protected mode? A window pops up saying "This program will open outside of protected mode..." and no matter how many times I hit allow, a new window immediately pops up. Even if I check the "Do not show me a warning for this program again" button, it will pop up.
 
Yes. It doesn't bother me. I'm use to the same thing in OSX and linux anyways.
 
Disabled. I might give it another shot when I build my new computer soon, though.
 
trek554 said:
No, you "THINK" its a simple solution. Giving those games admin privileges does not always fix the problem. I already said in my earlier post that some games in Steam only run properly with UAC off. The Steam support page even tells you that.
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OK, sorry, I don't use Steam in Vista. I guess you should do as I do and dual boot XP and Vista until these issues get sorted in Vista. If they ever do.
 
After you get past the initial customization and installation of Vista- UAC is hardley visable.
Anyone that says otherwise is either a moron (99% of the time), but there are those few that actually truely seem to have a hard time with it (that actually give examples of it prompting too often rather than saying "IT SUCKS!")

At any rate, I am LUCKY if I see the darn thing once a day. So it equates to 1 extra click per day, plus 3 extra seconds. The world might fall apart.
 
Well, one of the reasons computers exist is to make work faster so I see where people are coming from when they make complaints about UAC. It doesn't save time it adds time. What's good about that?
 
Gatticus said:
It doesn't save time it adds time. What's good about that?
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Because if we really want to turn this into one of these bullshit man-hours study, we could very easily factor in the downtime for malware removal that UAC is designed to stop. I'm sure a number-cruncher somewhere could easily show were that more than equals the time wasted in extra clicks.
 
Yes I do, otherwise I might as well be running XP.
 
I never have any down time on XP due to malware. I got bit once in the early days of XP, which was Microsoft's fault for having messenger enabled by default. Once again someone was smoking crack over at Microsoft when they came up with that stupid idea. Since then I have learned how to keep XP secure and never get bit by malware, knock on wood.
 
And just under that is the, "Whatever you think is best, Bill, is best for me, can I suck your dick?" option. ;)
 
There is no best. They all have their pros and cons. Because I am a gamer I use XP the most but that is not necessarily by choice. If it wasn't for games I think I would choose Linux because it is a very powerful OS and doesn't come with a ball and chain. Lots of free decent software too.

Out of curiosity. Why do you say "Wow" to my post and not djens?
 
I leave UAC enabled because I'm too lazy to run a separate limited account, and I think it's a good compromise.
 
100% honesty I have never seen an install that prompts UAC constantly. Once a day at the most.

UAC keeps your system locked down- period.

The little shield icons are great- you know when to expect one. If you are doing nothing that would generate one, and all of a sudden it pops up- you know it is time to investigate.
 
UAC is not a bad idea, but do we really need to click the fucker for every little tiny thing? There should be an option to reduce the number of events that trigger it, not the "all-or-nothing" system they have now.
 
I left it on by default and kind of got used to it.. very occasionally I'll get wigged with it and think I'll disable it but I haven't yet.. YMMV of course but it does seem to be one of those things you can get used to... eventually... :)
 
shiznit and Down8,

What are you doing that is prompting you for "every little thing" "every 20 seconds"?
 
trek554 said:
No, you "THINK" its a simple solution. Giving those games admin privileges does not always fix the problem. I already said in my earlier post that some games in Steam only run properly with UAC off. The Steam support page even tells you that.
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do you have a link to which games?

i haven't really come across any games in my steam list yet that dont' run under Vista with UAC on..

i went and read the little blurb on steams support page, but it really doesn't give any info about it at all..

it only says..

steampowered.net said:
In some situations, this Vista feature can cause issues with Steam. To disable UAC:
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but i haven't really had any problems yet..

I should said that i do run steam with admin priveleges (since steam mainly works in its Program Files/Steam directory).. beyond that i haven't had any issues..
 
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