A Programmer's Exploration of Vista's User Account Control
Vista's User Account Control (UAC) improves security, but making it work smoothly requires a little more developer work. Find out what you need to know to code Vista UAC-aware applications.
by John Douglas
March 1, 2007
ow often have you been cajoled into troubleshooting a performance issue on an older version of Windows, brought up Task Manager and been bewildered by the list of processes running? Did you suggest a reformat, and sheepishly walk away with your engineering credentials slightly tarnished? Windows Vista brings order to this chaos through its new User Account Control (UAC) feature, which promises to put system administrators, programmers, and end users back in control. This article gives you the process you'll need to develop UAC-aware applications.
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