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(October 18, 21 & 22, 2009)
Microsoft Windows 7 is now available to the general public. The company
is hoping its new operating system gets a warmer reception than Vista
received. Vista was criticized for its use of excessive pop-ups from
the User Account Control (UAC) security feature, causing users to turn
the feature off entirely. In Windows 7, the UAC is not as intrusive;
however, its off-the-shelf default setting is not the most secure
setting available.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33429899...h_and_gadgets/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...101600707.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=220900239
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic..._a_closer_look
[Editor's Note (Schultz): Although the intrusiveness of security
mechanisms such as UAC was only one of many things that made Vista so
unpopular, this problem stood out in the minds of Vista users. The moral
of this story is that usability problems in connection with security
mechanisms are especially apparent and distasteful, a lesson that
vendors such as Microsoft are likely to remember well into the future. ]

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