Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 9th Sep 2006 17:15 UTC, submitted by danwarne
One of Vista's big security features is 'User Account Protection' (or 'User Account Control') which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system. But the TweakVista utility can turn off UAP in one click. Microsoft says this is UAP working as intended, because when a user runs TweakVista they are asked to authenticate. However, James Bannan at APC Magazine asked Microsoft what's to stop a downloaded 'freeware game' requiring user authentication upon installation and then disabling UAP altogether? Elsewhere, there's a tweaking guide for Vista RC1.
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2005-11-27
That's not a particularly good idea, either. A home directory is for user files. Besides, that doesn't work well when you want two different version of an application to be stand-alone.