User Account Control Prensentation2

User Account Control

By W.Solomon

Why its Important

UAC will prompt for confirmation

Limits the risk of Malware

Example of UAC

Task that trigger an UAC

Running a task as administrator

Installing active x controls

Changing an users account type

Features

Secure Desktop mode Credential prompt Elevation prompt

Secure Desktop Mode

Different Elevations

Bibliography

Microsoft.com

Cyber net news http://cybernetnews.com/vista-uac-secure-desktop-explained/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/user-account-control.aspx

Wikipedia

# "The Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Developer Story: Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for User Account Control (UAC)". The Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Developer Story Series. Microsoft. April 2007. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx. Retrieved 2007-10-08.

# ^ "Understanding and Working in Protected Mode Internet Explorer". Microsoft. January 2006. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462.aspx. Retrieved 2007-12-08.

# ^ a b c Kerr, Kenny (September 29, 2006). "Windows Vista for Developers – Part 4 – User Account Control". http://weblogs.asp.net/kennykerr/archive/2006/09/

# ^ "User Account Control Overview". TechNet. Microsoft. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa906021.aspx.

# ^ "User Account Control Prompts on the Secure Desktop". UAC Blog. MSDN Blogs. 2006-05-03. http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/archive/2006/05/03/589561.aspx. Retrieved 2007-02-25.