Windows 7 - Better UAC?

Here’s a blog you might want to be following: “Engineering Windows 7” on MSDN. Sound like Microsoft have heard the user pain over user account control and are working to make it better in Windows 7 (here). UAC is a core security feature for those managing Windows deployments. Most machines have just one account, but modern security best practice is to separate between admin privileges and an everyday user.

This split of roles has been a headache to both users and admins alike - stopping users being able to do things they sometimes need to, and causing headaches for admins. The post on the blog is long, but worth reading if this is a central part of your day-to-day world (that link again: here). Essentially applications are getting better at working with lower privileges (which is a good thing) and Microsoft are making the set up easier to work with in Windows 7 (a very good thing).