On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:06:34 +0100, "Steve Thackery"
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>> Just wondered if many people have tried it and does it do what it says on
>> the tin?
>
>Yes, it does what it says on the tin.
>
>But, I actually LIKE the UAC prompts! The fact is, they are pretty rare in
>normal use UNLESS:

That is a over simplification and not always true. The number of UAC
nag screens one can get depends on HOW you use your computer. For
example I have two large (750GB) external drives that have many image
or video files created while running under XP. All attempts to alter
any of these files was met with multiple UAC nag screens. Worse, it
was impossible to take ownership with all attempts on some files
having the allow options grayed out. The net result was Vista being
utterly stupid as it was designed, preventing me from
altering/deleting files I created under a prior version of Windows.

Many of these files had unique Registry keys as the owner, apparently
generated when created by the software that altered them in the first
place.
>
>The big advantage of the UAC prompts is that Vista TELLS you when something
>with security implications is about to happen. TweakUAC effectively just
>says "OK" to every UAC prompt. What is the use of that?

I'm all ears. Tell me how deleting a desktop shortcut, nothing but a
empty link pointing to nowhere, a common UAC nag, is in any way ever a
security implication.
>
>For instance, a UAC prompt when casually browsing the web should raise alarm
>bells with you. You really don't want an "automatic OK"!
>
>Seriously, I've been hammering my Vista machine for 18 months and, once I'd
>got it configured as I want it, UAC prompts are very rare indeed. The only
>time I ever see one these days is when I'm installing a new program.

Seriously, you just proved my point. You just said "once I'd got it
configured as I want it"... which implies you needed to do a lot of
tweaking before the majority of UAC nag screens went away. This is of
course why most people either ignore UAC nag warnings and always click
through or turn the damn crap off.