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Windows Vista RTM, Closure of Blog, Free SWAG!
Thanks to everyone who wrote in. The 100 stickers are now all taken for. If you replied before 6:00...
Date: 11/08/2006
Credential Prompt Change in RC2
Hi, everyone. I'm Daniel Oliver, a program manager on the Windows Shell Team. If you're running...
Date: 10/12/2006
Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for UAC Compatibility
Our updated guidance for ISVs is now available for you to download at the Microsoft Download Center....
Date: 09/20/2006
ActiveX Installer Service Discussion and Video
This is Joel Yoker, Senior Consultant, and Rob Campbell, Technical Solutions Specialist, from the...
Date: 09/13/2006
UAC Improvements in Release Candidate 1 (RC1) and Video
We’d like to thank all of the Windows Vista beta testers for using and giving us feedback on User...
Date: 09/07/2006
UAC Improvements in Release Candidate 1 (RC1) and Video
We’d like to thank all of the Windows Vista beta testers for using and giving us feedback on User...
Date: 09/05/2006
Built-in Administrator Account Disabled
Darren Canavor, Program Manager on the UAC team has made a post on the Windows Vista Security blog...
Date: 08/27/2006
Elevations Are Now Blocked in the User's Logon Path
Hi, Jim Hong, Program Manager on UAC, here again to tell you about a new change in the UAC user...
Date: 08/23/2006
User Account Control Virtual Lab
The TechNet team has a released a virtual lab that lets you get some experience with User Account...
Date: 08/14/2006
Flash Swag: Windows Vista Build 5472 DVD
We have reached our limit. All the DVDs are gone. If you replied before 8:00 AM PST on Thursday,...
Date: 08/08/2006
Administrator Marking for Command Prompt
Besides reducing the number of prompts, one of the top requests we’ve gotten is a way to identify...
Date: 08/01/2006
Webcast Recap
Thanks to everyone for joining the webcast on Tuesday and to Chris Corio for helping to answer...
Date: 07/28/2006
UAC Developer Screencasts
I’m Jeremy Mazner, Group Manager of the Windows Vista platform evangelism team (the same folks...
Date: 07/07/2006
“Certified for Windows Vista” Software Logo Requirements
Critical to the success of User Account Control is having software that works well for standard...
Date: 06/28/2006
"How do I turn off that annoying User Account Control?"
Hi, Aaron Margosis here. I'm not actually on the UAC team, but we're good friends and share a common...
Date: 06/27/2006
TechNet Webcast: Limiting Administrator Privileges with User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista (Level 200)
Thanks to everyone who joined the chat last week, we hope you found it helpful. On Tuesday July 25th...
Date: 06/26/2006
What's New in Beta 2? - Group Policy Updates
Since Beta 1, the UAC policies have adapted to address customer recommendations, enhance security,...
Date: 06/21/2006
What's New in Beta 2? - User Experience
Hi, I am Jennifer Allen, a technical writer in the Windows Security Core team. I write technical...
Date: 06/19/2006
TechEd 2006 and an Invitation to a UAC Chat
Many of the UAC team members attended TechEd 2006 this week in Boston. I really had a great time...
Date: 06/18/2006
The ActiveX Installer Service
Hi, I’m Chris Corio, a Program Manager on the User Account Control team. As I’m sure you’ve guessed...
Date: 06/14/2006
See User Account Control in Action
We created this video to show those who haven’t had a chance to try Windows Vista yet what User...
Date: 06/09/2006
Reducing Elevation Prompts in RC1
First, let me introduce myself, my name is Steve Hiskey, and I am the Lead Program Manager for User...
Date: 06/01/2006
Announcing Microsoft Standard User Analyzer Beta 1
The UAC team has just released the first beta version of the Microsoft Standard User Analyzer (SUA)...
Date: 05/25/2006
Windows Vista Readiness Labs at TechEd 06
Johnny AppCompat again. I wanted to tell you about a unique opportunity to get one-on-one time with...
Date: 05/06/2006
User Account Control Prompts on the Secure Desktop
Imagine stopping at a gas station to fuel up your car, selecting Standard grade unleaded gasoline,...
Date: 05/03/2006
User Account Control and Application Compatibility Tools
Johnny AppCompat here, Product Manager for Windows Vista Application Compatibility. User Account...
Date: 05/03/2006
Windows Vista Parental Controls
Most of the info on this blog has been focused on the benefits of User Account Control for the...
Date: 04/06/2006
Vote for TechEd 2006 Sessions
Microsoft Security MVP Robert Hurlbut has proposed a Birds of Feather session at TechEd 2006 called...
Date: 03/31/2006
Updated Account Creation Plan
Hello, this is David Cross again and I have an interesting project update to share with everyone....
Date: 03/30/2006
Testing with UAC - Overview
Hi, I am Wei Wang, a Lead Software Design Engineer in Test on the User Account Control (UAC) team...
Date: 03/04/2006
Rob Mensching's discussion on MSI in Windows Vista
Hi, I'm Jenn, the tech writer for UAC. We'll sometimes post links in the blog to useful/interesting...
Date: 03/03/2006
What’s New in the February CTP
Hi. I’m Alex, the product manager for User Account Control. Today we released February Windows Vista...
Date: 02/22/2006
User Account Control Coming to a City (sort of) Near You
This month Microsoft held our weeklong TechReady conference in downtown Seattle where we bring in...
Date: 01/23/2006
6 User Account Control Windows Vista Policies
This weeks BLOG will examine the 6 User Account Control (UAC) security policies that will be exposed...
Date: 01/22/2006
New Name, Same Vision
Even though the name has been changing, from LUA to UAP, and now finally User Account Control (UAC),...
Date: 01/18/2006
Identification of Administrative Applications
Welcome to another installment of the Windows Vista UAC Blog! Let’s dig a little deeper into the...
Date: 01/13/2006
Installing and Deploying Applications on Vista
Welcome to the User Account Control (UAC) Blog. We'll be using this forum to talk about interesting,...
Date: 12/20/2005
TechEd 2005 Presentation: Tips and Tricks for Running Windows with Least-Privilege
Microsoft Senior Consultant Aaron Margosis presents tips and tricks for how to run with...
Date: 12/08/2005
User Account Control
User Account Protection was the preliminary name for a core security component of Windows Vista. The...
Date: 12/08/2005