[MysticLlama]

Nope, haven't actually tried it, I should do that. It's pretty good as it is it seems, I got used to what things expected it in Vista, and when I'd use those I'd instinctively hit and arrow and enter anyhow, and when I didn't expect it I'd actually pay attention.

It comes up less in 7, and actually Vista did get better over time once apps were set up right.

I fooled with an MS RMS Ops app a couple years ago, and it was a signed app, but didn't have the secondary launch file set to bypass UAC, so I switched that to be aware and it would work just fine without triggering it. I'll have to dig up the docs on how that stuff works, but basically if the executable has a couple of options attached in the additional data or include a launch file and is signed with a certificate correctly, UAC is happy and doesn't pop up anyhow.

So while a bit of a pain in the ass at implementation, it was a good thing going foward. It's essentially getting Windows users used to running something with higher authorization, like a sudo on UNIX/Linux, instead of just defaulting to that all the time. If the apps were written correctly (and lots of line of business apps are notoriously bad about this) it wouldn't trigger it because it wouldn't need to be run as an administrator, yet a lot of that software tells you that it works best that way right in the docs, so most people end up being local admins.