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07-12-08, 06:53 PM   #11
Shirik
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Originally Posted by Shirik View Post
I strongly discouraged the practice of disabling UAC, and I don't do it myself. However, the fact that it can be potentially dangerous is no reason to hide its existence. If a user wishes to do this, then that is their own perogative. It does nothing more than expose them to what they would have been exposed to in Windows XP anyway.

Besides, a system is only as secure as its user is knowledgable. It is arguable that a user is more secure if they disable UAC and know what they've exposed themselves to than if they enable it and have no clue what's going on.
I did not advocate disabling UAC. I listed it as an option because it is an option. In some cases, this is the optimum solution for users. This is NOT, however, the best solution for about 99% of the users out there. Yet, that is not a valid reason to hide it from this listing.

In fact, let's quote the first sentence in the "Disable UAC" section:

Originally Posted by Shirik
This is a last-resort option and probably should not be used, but I place it here for informational purposes anyway.
I stand by that statement as it is 100% true and valid.
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Last edited by Shirik : 07-12-08 at 06:56 PM.
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