| To be fair ... "UAC is always-in-your-face about everything..." Not true: UAC only pops up for apps that need to access a file/registry key, etc. that affects system-wide behavior "... often unexpectedly - it hijacks your desktops at inopportune times ..." This isn't true: UAC pops up precisely when an app is launched that needs to access/modify a system-wide resource. If you're running apps that OFTEN need to access system-wide resources, you could choose to run them as admin and avoid the UAC pop-ups ... while also hoping that those apps are not malicious or over-enthusiastic about "helping". "and there's no way to tell it "Yes, this software can do this again for the next 15 minutes without asking me again"." There kinda is - just run the app as Admin. It'll then run with admin rights until you close it. Of course, without specific examples of what you see as erroneous behavior, I've posted what are, I am sure, inadequate responses to your specific issues. If you'd like to share you specifc issues, I am sure we could have a more fruitful dialog and who knows, I may be able to carry your case internally to see if we can improve things in future OS releases (no guarantees here other than my trying my best). |