Sunday, June 17, 2007

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Service Pack 1 Improvements
User Account Control One of the most maligned features of Windows Vista has been the User Account Control (UAC). Designed to protect operating system integrity, UAC caused frustration with what many users considered over-prompting to complete a user action. If you were one of the frustrated, check out the very short video Windows Vista SP1 UAC improvements to see how that prompting has been reduced.

Interview with Vista UAC Product Manager Austin Wilson
Austin Wilson provides insight into why UAC is the way it is. He clears up what UAC really is, and answers some hard questions like why should a consumer or an IT pro even bother to run UAC. Additionally, he shows us how and why an IT pro can still use UAC and not get prompted, as well as giving us insight into future plans for UAC.

Keith Combs’ Blahg: Windows Vista 30, Rootkits 0
The UAC is actually there for reason, as Keith Combs points out in this post. It can stop rootkits before they start. Keith also points to a four-minute screencast to demonstrate the features of UAC. Also check out Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista.
Performance There is another perception that Windows Vista underperforms in every area of the system when compared to Windows XP. Without getting into the differences in hardware requirements between Windows Vista and its predecessor, this screencast - Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy - shows the under-the-covers process traces of just how it achieves its performance lead running on the same hardware as Windows XP.

Source: Microsoft Technet newsletter