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This  Microsoft Windows 7 Under The Hood   UAC's nag-a-riffic
behavior can now be dialed down a great deal more easily. (click
for image gallery) User Account Control  Apart from Product
Activation, no other feature in Windows has generated as much
ire as user account control. The basic premise was sound -- do
not let programs run with administrative privileges unless the
user explicitly allows it -- but the implementation turned out
to be a huge bother. Some people tweaked UAC with Registry
changes to make it more palatable; others turned it off entirely
(and thus defeated the whole purpose).  In 7, UAC hasn't gone
away -- it's just been sent to obedience school. It's now both
far better mannered and manageable. By default, any changes you
make to system settings through the Control Panel (or other
things that are part and parcel of Windows itself) go through
without needing UAC approval. Launching programs that must run
as admin still need to b