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		autoexec on June 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When it comes to privacy, default settings matter MS changed UAC for windows 7 so much in an effort to stop annoying window's users that people complained that defeated the point https://www.networkworld.com/article/2253987/microsoft--neut...

TazeTSchnitzel on June 4, 2019 [–]

The main UAC change in Windows 7 was just that it didn't pop up for changing of settings. But UAC on settings wasn't the problem (in fact, macOS basically has this and it's a non-issue), UAC on legacy Windows apps only tested on Windows 9x or on administrator accounts on NT systems was.

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