UAC; good or redundant?

Arclight · 04-17-09, 06:36 AM

Since I moved to Win7 beta, I've been annoyed by UAC. i.e. it keeps prompting for permission for programs that I've allowed to execute in the past. Which leeds me to the first question:

1. Is it possible to configure UAC to not nag about specific programs? i.e. create a "safe" list of sorts.

On XP, I used Comodo for my firewall and pro-active defense. It functiones similar to UAC in that it asks permission to execute programs, actually it asks to do just about anything. The difference is that with Comodo I could tell it what kind of policy to apply to an action. For example, when executing a program for the first time, you can tell it that that application is "trusted" and it won't bother you again;

2. Does UAC offer anything extra when it comes to security, compared to something like Comodo?

Starting to think it would be better to disable UAC entirely and install Comodo.

04-17-09, 06:36 AM	#1
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	UAC; good or redundant? Since I moved to Win7 beta, I've been annoyed by UAC. i.e. it keeps prompting for permission for programs that I've allowed to execute in the past. Which leeds me to the first question: 1. Is it possible to configure UAC to not nag about specific programs? i.e. create a "safe" list of sorts. On XP, I used Comodo for my firewall and pro-active defense. It functiones similar to UAC in that it asks permission to execute programs, actually it asks to do just about anything. The difference is that with Comodo I could tell it what kind of policy to apply to an action. For example, when executing a program for the first time, you can tell it that that application is "trusted" and it won't bother you again; 2. Does UAC offer anything extra when it comes to security, compared to something like Comodo? Starting to think it would be better to disable UAC entirely and install Comodo. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.