CNN: Vista vs. MAC etc....

[Dr Mordrid]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/08/04/windows.vista.ap/index.html

Dr. Mordrid

[ZokesPro]

With Windows Vista's User Account Protection, even administrators are prompted for a password whenever anything is installed or a system setting changed.

I like this feature, create a secondary account similar to your admin account and when that gets scrapped, just go back in the admin and re-create! I would love to see this feature inthe final release.

[Jammrock]

I like this feature, create a secondary account similar to your admin account and when that gets scrapped, just go back in the admin and re-create! I would love to see this feature inthe final release.

It's called RunAs on crack with an extra dose of annoyance. I suppose it would be a good security feature for businesses and homes with children, but there better a way to turn the damn thing off.

Jammrock

[DGhost]

biggest problem with it right now is that 1) Windows NT/2K/XP were never designed to be able to support this sort of security models, and 2) Vista's security policies will need to be tweaked as time goes on.

while MS has completely re-written the security model to allow it, it is by far not perfect. the way programs are written right now do not take this into account at all. as developers adjust their code to take this into account, and Microsoft tweaks it's alert detection features.

as it stands, it is currently not enabled by default. i am sure there will be a way to keep it disabled in the final releases - I wouldn't want any user to be able to get into an Admin account under any circumstances, and I most certainly wouldn't want the computer simply prompting them for the password. I would rather see remote/user machines simply fail rather than giving them that option. too many security holes could come from it.

[The PIT]

I'd prefer a password prompt however what about windoze update. Can imagine that being a nightmare prompting for a password each time.
I suppose the solution for that is that Windows only asks for a password if the update is coming from an external site rather than being pushed from a central server.