Thread: Windows Vista

My RC1 lets you use an administrator (i.e. 'root&#39 account just fine. However, everything still runs as a user: the change is that you do not need to enter a password to elevate a process to an administrative one. If you are on a user account, you need to enter the admin password which is more secure.

I definitely agree with this change. It's a lot like Unix/Linux in that sense now, and it's better. You can run on a user account and still be able to elevate those troublesome programs and so on. You can turn off UAC in the control panel, but I wouldn't reccomend it. I don't find the dialogs too many or too intrusive at all.

Windows lets you make an admin account and just asks you to press "continue", probably because forcing users to create two accounts would be a bit of a hardline stance and a confusing change for a lot of users. But if you're tech-savvy, I would recommend making an admin/user setup: I've been on a user account for about a month and it's nowhere near as annoying was it was on XP. Definitely a step forward in that sense.

Originally Posted by Kaniaz

My RC1 lets you use an administrator (i.e. 'root&#39 account just fine. However, everything still runs as a user: the change is that you do not need to enter a password to elevate a process to an administrative one. If you are on a user account, you need to enter the admin password which is more secure.[/b]

Wait, what? RC1? I sent you RC2.