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Service Pack 1 Improvements User Account Control One of the most maligned features of Windows Vista has been the User Account Control (UAC). Designed to protect operating system integrity, UAC caused frustration with what many users considered over-prompting to complete a user action. If you were one of the frustrated, check out the very short video Windows Vista SP1 UAC improvements to see how that prompting has been reduced. Interview with Vista UAC Product Manager Austin Wilson Austin Wilson provides insight into why UAC is the way it is. He clears up what UAC really is, and answers some hard questions like why should a consumer or an IT pro even bother to run UAC. Additionally, he shows us how and why an IT pro can still use UAC and not get prompted, as well as giving us insight into future plans for UAC. Keith Combs’ Blahg: Windows Vista 30, Rootkits 0 The UAC is actually there for reason, as Keith Combs points out in this post. It can stop rootkits before they start. Keit...