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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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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....

Author: uac Date: 09/20/2006

ActiveX Installer Service Discussion and Video

This is Joel Yoker, Senior Consultant, and Rob Campbell, Technical Solutions Specialist, from the...

Author: uac 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...

Author: windowsvistasecurity 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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,...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac Date: 08/01/2006

Webcast Recap

Thanks to everyone for joining the webcast on Tuesday and to Chris Corio for helping to answer...

Author: uac Date: 07/28/2006

UAC Developer Screencasts

I’m Jeremy Mazner, Group Manager of the Windows Vista platform evangelism team (the same folks...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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,...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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)...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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,...

Author: uac Date: 05/03/2006

User Account Control and Application Compatibility Tools

Johnny AppCompat here, Product Manager for Windows Vista Application Compatibility. User Account...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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....

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac 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),...

Author: 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...

Author: uac 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,...

Author: uac 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...

Author: uac Date: 12/08/2005

User Account Control

User Account Protection was the preliminary name for a core security component of Windows Vista. The...

Author: uac Date: 12/08/2005