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User Account Control Demo
White Papers This webcast is a demonstration of User Account Control (UAC).
[December 7, 2006, 23:00]
TechNet Webcast: User Account Control (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast provides an in-depth look at the capabilities and benefits of the Windows User Account Control (UAC) feature in Windows Vista. The webcast shows how the UAC helps to minimize exposure and reduce the attack surface of the operating...
[November 23, 2006, 23:00]
User Account Control Application Compatibility Toolkit
White Papers The presenter of this webcast shows the viewer how to secure the application under User Account Control (UAC).
[December 7, 2006, 23:00]
User Account Control Overview
White Papers User Account Control offers a new approach to improving computer security, by fundamentally changing the way applications interact with an operating system and its files. When running in standard user mode, organizations and users are less likely...
[December 5, 2006, 23:00]
TechNet Webcast: User Account Control Internals And Impact On Malware (Level 400)
White Papers Windows Vista introduces a new feature, User Account Control (UAC) that enables users to run applications without administrator rights. The presenter of this webcast detail the internal implementation of UAC, including file system and registry...
[August 31, 2007, 0:00]
Achieve The Non-Admin Dream With User Account Control
White Papers But while IT administrators generally agree that restricting users to a standard user account is the way to go, about 80 percent deploy their desktops with admin accounts, making those machines more susceptible to malware and harder to manage.
[December 5, 2006, 23:00]
Teach Your Apps To Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control
White Papers The primary goal of User Account Control (UAC) is to make the default user token that applications are run with mimic that of a member of the Users group. When more privileges are necessary to execute a restricted operation, the user will be...
[December 15, 2006, 23:00]
Teach Your Apps To Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control
White Papers The primary goal of User Account Control (UAC) is to make the default user token that applications are run with mimic that of a member of the Users group. When more privileges are necessary to execute a restricted operation, the user will be...
[January 4, 2007, 23:00]
Understanding User Account Control In Vista
White Papers If an individual has not looked at Microsoft Vista yet, there is still a great chance that he will have heard something about User Account Control (UAC) at some point. This paper explains what User Account Control (UAC) is and what it is not.
[November 14, 2006, 23:00]
MSDN Webcast: Designing Application Installations For User Account Control With Windows Installer 4.0 In Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers Windows Installer 4.0 in Windows Vista includes new features that allow application developers to take full advantage of User Account Control (UAC) when installing, updating, and uninstalling software.
[November 23, 2006, 23:00]
Getting Started With User Account Control On Windows Vista
White Papers User Account Control (UAC) is a new security component of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. A standard user account is synonymous with a user account in Windows XP. User accounts that are members of the local Administrators group will...
[December 5, 2006, 23:00]
User Account Control
White Papers Windows Vista provides a simple and secure mechanism for running end-user accounts with standard user privileges, while eliminating the need for administrator privileges when performing common tasks, such as installing a printer driver or...
[March 7, 2006, 23:00]
Coders Claim Bypass Of Vista Security Feature
News Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development organisation, claim they have successfully bypassed User Account Control, a security feature in Windows Vista. Critics, however, have said that, by coding around User...
[April 28, 2008, 15:17]
Symantec Stays On Trail Of Vista Bugs
News In a second report on Vista, Symantec takes on a security feature called User Account Control (UAC) in the operating system. Highlighting issues in early builds of Windows Vista does not accurately represent the quality and depth of the final...
[July 25, 2006, 9:40]
Protect Your PC With New Security Features In Windows Vista
White Papers Developed under the guidelines of the Security Development Lifecycle and with built-in protection such as Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, and User Account Control, Windows Vista offers unparalleled protection both for standalone systems and...
[December 5, 2006, 23:00]
Yahoo Corrects Email Flaw
News In effect, this enabled attackers to take control of a user's account by sending them a specially crafted email. Speaking to ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia by phone from the US, Copley said it would be possible to use the flaw to capture the...
[April 22, 2004, 8:55]
Security Makers Prepared For Vista Launch
News Also, User Account Control runs a Vista PC with fewer user privileges, in an effort to keep malicious code from doing as much damage as it would on a machine running in administrator mode — a typical setting on Windows XP.
[January 18, 2007, 8:09]
SightSpeed Chat, Without Installing SightSpeed!
Blog Basically what happens is that when you set up a SightSpeed account, there is a link established for you on the SightSpeed "people" server, such that when you are logged in to SightSpeed and anyone goes to that link with Internet Explorer, and...
[January 30, 2008, 8:52]
Security Flaws Found In Cisco IP Phones
News These IP phones contain a default user account and password that is used for debugging purposes. Cisco said that because of an implementation error, the default user account cannot be disabled, removed or have its password changed.
[February 22, 2007, 8:22]
Solaris To Enlist Military Security
News Role-based Access Control (RBAC), which Sun claims ensures that all administrative actions are traceable to one individual instead of just the root account, providing greater accountability. Pluggable authentication modules that provide failed...
[September 18, 2003, 11:30]
