User Account Protection.. Introduction

User Account Control aka UAP/LUA How does it work?

2 years ago I was partaking in an annual geekfest referred to as Microsoft IT Forum which was hosted in Barcelona.
As Vista's proposed features were being demo'd a shocked gasp resounded through the auditorium. Yes flip 3D was here (hey, I did say it was a geekfest!)

I thought it was interesting that there was an hour seminar on how to run all your enterprise users run as non admins (standard users to borrow Vista parlance) on Windows XP without breaking all the apps.

Shortly afterward a seminar showing how Vista accomplishes the same thing automatically was presented.

Love it or hate it. User Account Control is the offspring of the Limited User Account/User Account Protection concept.

We have all seen this coming, and much like the days when we all knew we should wear seatbelts, now it is being enforced some are naturally finding it a little inconvenient at first.

In the next few articles I will explore a little about UAC and how it works.

What is token filtering and how does it work?
How is Vista similar to a military operating system?
What does this mean for you?
Why you shouldn't disable UAC or enable the built in Admin account (Its disabled by default as you probably noticed!)

...are just some of the topics I will be covering.

One last thing...If there was a crime of Mobile phone abuse, Steve Lamb would be guilty for the repeated merciless remote wipes of his device @ the TechEd roadshow. Well done for getting through the demo in a professional manner despite the PA conspiring against you!