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A Crazy Idea About Vista UAC

So we all know about the User Access Control feature in Windows Vista. It keeps unwanted programs from doing unwanted things. However, it is a major pain in the butt for power users, who regularly like to change the type of settings that UAC is designed to protect. So of course I promptly turned it off...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 02-21-2007
No IPSec Defaults in Vista

Apparently Microsoft has chosen to not include the three default IPSec policies in Vista. You may recall that XP and Server 2003 included ones for the client to request security, the server to request security, and the server to require security. Those built-in ones sure made things easier for the beginning...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 02-06-2007
How to Render A Vista Install Useless

1. Install Vista. 2. Join Domain. 3. Reboot. 4. Perform Installs As Domain User (And Put Up With UAC). 5. Disable UAC. 6. Move Desktop Offsite. 7. Enjoy lack of priviledges to make any further changes, as the domain administrator account was never logged into on the computer, and hence its credentials...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 02-05-2007

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