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<blockquote data-quote="danb" data-source="post: 1087389" data-attributes="member: 62850">Hey PR, I wanted to get your honest opinion on something, as you do seem to be quite practical most of the time <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.&nbsp; I have asked this question many times on MT, and I am hoping to finally get a cogent answer from someone.&nbsp; I do not want to turn this into a long conversation, but my question is this.I understand you do not feel that computer novices should use deny-by-default products.&nbsp; I get it, everyone has a right to their opinion.A lot of people say this, but these are the EXACT same people that always highly recommend User Account Control (UAC) to be enabled, usually they recommend the top level.In your opinion, are computer novices able to handled UAC, even though it is a deny-by-default mechanism?&nbsp; I mean, would you recommend UAC to a computer novice?And either way, what are the downsides of trying to provide a UAC replacement that is much more user-friendly, robust and foolproof than the original UAC?Again, I really do not want to get into a long conversation, but I would truly appreciate anyone&#039;s amazing insights on why security enthusiast recommend enabling UAC for novice users, but at the same time recommend they do not use other deny-by-default products that fix the issues with the built-in UAC?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="danb, post: 1087389, member: 62850"] Hey PR, I wanted to get your honest opinion on something, as you do seem to be quite practical most of the time ;). I have asked this question many times on MT, and I am hoping to finally get a cogent answer from someone. I do not want to turn this into a long conversation, but my question is this. I understand you do not feel that computer novices should use deny-by-default products. I get it, everyone has a right to their opinion. A lot of people say this, but these are the EXACT same people that always highly recommend User Account Control (UAC) to be enabled, usually they recommend the top level. In your opinion, are computer novices able to handled UAC, even though it is a deny-by-default mechanism? I mean, would you recommend UAC to a computer novice? And either way, what are the downsides of trying to provide a UAC replacement that is much more user-friendly, robust and foolproof than the original UAC? Again, I really do not want to get into a long conversation, but I would truly appreciate anyone's amazing insights on why security enthusiast recommend enabling UAC for novice users, but at the same time recommend they do not use other deny-by-default products that fix the issues with the built-in UAC? [/QUOTE]

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