Microsoft admits to annoying users
Yeah.. that’s about right…
Cross claimed it is a myth that users just turn UAC off, saying that Microsoft had collected opt-in information from users that showed that 88 percent were running UAC. Cross said it was also a myth that users blindly accept prompts without reading them.
“It’s a myth that users click ‘yes,’ ‘yes,’ ‘yes,’ ‘yes,’” said Cross. “Seven percent of all prompts are canceled. Users are not just saying ‘yes.’”
I have to admit, I mostly just say yes. Usually, it is when I am trying to do something that it pops up anyhow. If I come back to my computer in the morning, and something asked me to allow it to do something… Chances are, it isn’t something I want. So I tell it no. Though, I think that is just some update service running in the middle of the night. But still, I don’t kno what it is, so I kill it.
From what I understand, the UAC makes it so that you really cannot hit that button unless you are an allowed user. That’s a good thing. You have to be sitting there logged in to do it, and it is difficult, if not impossible to get around.
I think the anecdotal evidence is in by now. Vista is probably the most secure Operating System Microsoft has produced. However, it isn’t very useful. For business anyhow. I love it at home, but it runs into enough problems that it probably isn’t worth it for business just yet.
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