The Mysteries of Windows Vista User Accounts

Posted: 06-06-2006, 07:26 PM

Jason

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Nice info about user accounts posted on ExtremeTech.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532

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Re: The Mysteries of Windows Vista User Accounts

Posted: 06-08-2006, 06:35 PM

It stated...
"Running with administrator privileges is a root cause of many of XP's
well-documented security woes."

I disagree. It's because the world is full of morons. I can guarantee you
that if systems came pre-configured to use limited accounts, they still
would be plenty of security problems, because people just don't listen.
Now with the new UAP, it just takes most of the blame off Microsoft and put
it solely on the user where it belongs.

I have used been using Windows since the very first version, used DOS before
it and I have yet to get a virus or hack.

"Jason" <dsljay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Nice info about user accounts posted on ExtremeTech.
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> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532
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> Jason
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> http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878
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Joe Richards [MVP]

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Re: The Mysteries of Windows Vista User Accounts

Posted: 06-08-2006, 08:01 PM

> It's because the world is full of morons.

I completely agree.

Unfortunately most of the Windows users fit in that grouping...

No OS will ever be able to fully compensate for the stupidity of the users.

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The Dude wrote:

> It stated...
> "Running with administrator privileges is a root cause of many of XP's
> well-documented security woes."
>
> I disagree. It's because the world is full of morons. I can guarantee
> you that if systems came pre-configured to use limited accounts, they
> still would be plenty of security problems, because people just don't
> listen.
> Now with the new UAP, it just takes most of the blame off Microsoft and
> put it solely on the user where it belongs.
>
> I have used been using Windows since the very first version, used DOS
> before it and I have yet to get a virus or hack.
>
> "Jason" <dsljay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ZXjGbZiGHA.3816@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Nice info about user accounts posted on ExtremeTech.
>>
>> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jason
>>
>> http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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