Thanks to all and Steve, your suggestion sound like a nice middle of the
road solution. I'm also off to read Andre's documents...


"Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> For goodness' sake, you haven't even tried it yet!
>
> Don't, whatever you do, let this newsgroup influence important security
> decisions. The people here are NOT representative of the whole user base.
> Most are here because they have a problem, or because they like solving
> problems. Hence all you get to hear about are problems.
>
> Remember, UAC is there for a reason, and if you turn it off it has a
> number of other subtle side effects, such as removing the IE7 extra-secure
> sandbox.
>
> UAC prompts are fairly rare once you've finished installing all your
> software and messing about getting everything set up correctly. Software
> which isn't properly Vista compatible causes more prompts, so I suggest
> you avoid it.
>
> Speaking for myself, I'm rather glad that UAC warns me when something with
> security implications is about to happen. In that respect it's just the
> same as the elevation prompts in Linux and Mac OSX.
>
> Please consider my advice: take at least a week, and preferably two,
> before deciding whether to disable UAC.
>
> If you are still tempted, consider this as a good alternative: make your
> account an Administrator, and set your UAC such that it only requires you
> to click the button, not to enter your password. The security advantages
> are virtually identical if you are the sole user of the PC, and it
> honestly is no bother at all to click the button.
>
> SteveT