Poll: UAC enabled or disabled?

[mechBgon]

For the Vista/7 users.

 

[tdawg]

Always on for me. No reason to make my PC less secure. Also makes my parent's PC safer, as they can't install anything willie-nillie because their accounts are standard user accounts.

 

[Mem]

Enabled on both my Vista and Win7 PCs,default settings....

 

[MrTransistorm]

I have UAC cranked up to max in Win7. I only have prompts when changing control panel options or installing/updating software. I am not bothered by the prompts because I became used to the ones in OS X.

I only have one program that misbehaves: TuboCAD 11. The version is several years old, therefore it stores settings in its Program Files (x86) folder. UAC doesn't like this. The program crashes on exit because it is trying to save the preferences there. I get around this by running it as administrator. Works fine that way. I would love to upgrade to a newer version, but IMSI's prices have shot through the roof!

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: MrTransistorm
I only have one program that misbehaves: TuboCAD 11.

Have you tried it under the Virtual XP option in Win7? If so, how did it behave?

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I run Vista Business with full UAC and I never see it except when I open up things like Computer Management. But I keep a second XP box to run most of my games and gaming peripherals, many of which aren't designed for Vista.

 

[Dahak]

when i was using vista kept it on, never really been annoyed with it.. win7 which im on now its at the default, think i have seen it less that on vista

 

[mechBgon]

Myself, I have it enabled on Vista, and maxed-out on Win7.

 

[hans030390]

It annoys me more than helps me (which is that it's never helped me). If that causes my computer to install some crazy malware down the road without asking me first (very unlikely), and if I can't clean it out, then I'll live with reinstalling.

Most people just click yes without even looking. The public doesn't know what it is...they only see it as an annoyance.

I obviously strongly dislike UAC and think it's pretty unnecessary.

 

[F1shF4t]

Enabled Vista and maxed out Win7. Don't see it at all unless I run hardware monitoring program like everest or change some settings.
In Win7 it appears less often than in Vista too.

 

[konakona]

I dunno, it never was that intrusive after SP1 in vista IMO.

 

[Blazer]

took time to adjust but glad its there doing its job, esp for the wife after explaning what it provides as she had an attempt while browsing for shoes on amazon of all places, stoped it in its tracks.

 

[JustaGeek]

Disabled since the beginning.

Norton Internet Security 2008 - 2009, and now 2010 is supposed to take care of security on my computers.

Can you explain to me what kind of malicious software can slip thru the cracks of NIS 2010...?

 

[TC91]

always been disabled

 

[thedosbox]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
Disabled since the beginning.

Norton Internet Security 2008 - 2009, and now 2010 is supposed to take care of security on my computers.

Can you explain to me what kind of malicious software can slip thru the cracks of NIS 2010...?

Anything which it doesn't have the signature for.

 

[F1N3ST]

I thought everyone disabled like me, oh well. I am leaving it off, I hate it.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: thedosbox
Anything which it doesn't have the signature for.

Plus most every spyware install from the Internet. The AV guys have a very difficult time distinguishing the installation of Spyware from the installation of an online game. They both look the same from an AV standpoint.

 

[konakona]

yep. I have had 3 online games fail to install/update/play on multiple occasion thanks to my trusty NOD32 (no pun intended, still love it)

 

[VinDSL]

I enable UAC on my Vista lappy...

I deleted Win7 because it bores me!

I'm not getting an H1N1 innoculation, because I've already had it (in April) and now have natural immunity...

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Myself, I have it enabled on Vista, and maxed-out on Win7.

Ditto. It's the only way to go. I don't want to be the first person to find out when someone cooks up another local privilege escalation exploit.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Myself, I have it enabled on Vista, and maxed-out on Win7.

Ditto. It's the only way to go. I don't want to be the first person to find out when someone cooks up another local privilege escalation exploit.

I think I'll try the max setting in Win7 then.

 

[james1701]

Originally posted by: VinDSL
I enable UAC on my Vista lappy...

I deleted Win7 because it bores me!

I'm not getting an H1N1 innoculation, because I've already had it (in April) and now have natural immunity...

You have to have boster shots for H1N1 for it to stay effective.


I used UAC on the RC version, but when I installed the full version of Win 7, it was a lot more intrusive. I turned it off because it was annoying. Its mainly a gaming and surfing machine, and I backup all my pictures, and important files, so the danger is minimal.

 

[M0RPH]

I disabled it in Vista but now in W7 I have it enabled at default and it doesn't bug me much.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Vista: Enabled. Seemed silly to disable it.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: james1701
You have to have boster shots for H1N1 for it to stay effective.

I never got a H1N1 shot, nor do I plan to...

I contracted the Swine/Mexican/H1N1 Flu in April (I live 120 miles from Mexico - and we were hit hard on the 1st go-round).

'They' are suggesting that anyone that already had H1N1 should NOT get an inoculation against it, since 'we' already have a natural immunity...

I used UAC on the RC version[...] I turned it off because it was annoying.

Security et al is annoying!

The reason I brought up H1N1 is...

I'm wondering how many ppl that turn off the security feature(s) in Windows are willing to take a chance on getting H1N1!?!?!

Personally, I'd rather die of H1N1 than have someone inject an untested (supposedly) dead concoction into my body!

However, I'd rather be "annoyed" by UAC than have some viral hacker scum destroy my machines.

Hrm...

 

[hclarkjr]

i have it enabled but use program called tweakuac that runs it in silent mode