Analyst: Vista's UAC will reform Developers
eWeek | at | by Mike
NWhen it comes to the new security functions in Windows Vista, User Account Control is the one people tend to scratch their heads over, Gartner Analyst Neil MacDonald said during his presentation on implementing Vista security at Gartner's IT Security Summit here on June 4.
"It's one that has plenty of people confused regarding what, exactly, it is," MacDonald said. In fact, UAC isn't one capability; rather, it's a set of Vista capabilities that collectively help to limit the ability of applications and users to make unsanctioned system changeswhether the user is running as an administrator or as a standard user.