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by calibwam 4619 days ago
Well, when you download the .exe file in IE, you do get a warning that it might be unsafe from Windows. And you need to verify that you want to install it.

The way to verify that the installer is legit, verifying the checksum, is not done by Windows, and must be done manually. Users don't do that, and flagging everything as unsafe is a good way of notifying the user that they must be careful.
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josteink 4619 days ago
> flagging everything as unsafe is a good way of notifying the user that they must be careful

Crying wolf all the time is a 100% guaranteed way of making sure nobody will ever care.

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DZittersteyn 4619 days ago
UAC? is that the window I always have to click 'Yes' on when I run a program? Yeah, could you disable that?
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josteink 4619 days ago
Either you are doing admin-y stuff, or the programs you rely on are broken.

When I write Windows-software, I only signal that the process requires UAC elevation for the things which actually does so. It's possible. In fact it's rather easy.

I almost never encounter software which requires UAC elevation, just like most things in Linux doesn't require me to go full sudo.

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eterm 4619 days ago
No, it's a good way to ensure that users click OK without reading message boxes ever.
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