Know what's the first we do when we install Vista? Disable User Account Control (UAC). It's Microsoft's idea of giving you a good-natured warning that what you are about to do affects something important in the system. However, as with many things good-natured, this one gets annoying really fast. Seven steps to delete a shortcut? Tsk, tsk. Which is why we, and many of you, disable the blasted feature.

With Windows 7, though, Microsoft intends to revamp UAC to be less annoying, so you won't be tempted to disable it, and won't miss out on the security features it offers. Microsoft found that because you found UAC so annoying, you've just been allowing programs to do whatever they want out of sheer frustration.

Windows 7 will reduce the number of prompts, so you won't feel like you need permission for everything you run. Maybe now we'll get a Windows that doesn't treat us like babies.


Source: WebMonkey