Re: Can't install BDS 2006 Update 2 under Vista

Chris Burrows wrote:

Yes - UAC can be disabled but that sort of defeats the purpose of it
being there.

Yes, but as long as I don't see the for this purpose..
For me, that is, worth to mention

AFAICT it is intended to prevent malicious software from
updating your system without your knowledge.

So I have understood too.

If you turn it off you
might just as well disable your firewall, virus scanner etc. etc.

Firstly, I don't use a virus scanner
Secondly, there is a difference between preventing the burglar from
breaking in and preventing him stealing when he first is in.

However, that is not the main reason why I haven't turned it off - I
am currently doing pre-release testing. A significant percentage of
my customers are not likely to discover how to turn UAC off so I
really need to know whether anything unexpected is going to happen to
them when they are running my apps.

Sure, but in this case I would use a "clean" virtual machine.


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