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Figure 13-46 Change User Account Control settings option in Windows 7

In Figure 13-45, you can see a slider with four levels. The top level

(Always notify) means you want UAC to work exactly as it does in Vista,

displaying the aggressive consent form every time you do anything that

typically requires administrator access. The bottom option (Never notify)

turns off UAC. The two levels in the middle are new and are very similar.

Both do the following:

• Don’t notify me when I make changes to Windows settings.

• Notify me only when apps/programs try to make changes to my

computer.

The only difference is in how they show the change. The second-from-top

level will display the typical consent form, but only when apps/programs try

to make changes. The third-from-top level displays a consent form, but where

the normal consent form dims your desktop and doesn’t allow you to do

anything but address the form, this consent form just pops up like a normal

dialog box.

EXAM TIP Make sure you know what each of the four UAC levels does.

Program Changes Versus Changes I Make

So, what’s the difference between a program making a change and you

making a change? Look at Figure 13-47. In this case, Windows 7 is set to the

second-from-top option. A program (the very safe and, judging by the color

of the banner, verified) Adobe Download Manager is attempting to install a

feature into Internet Explorer. Because this is a program trying to make

changes, the UAC consent form appears and darkens the desktop. If you

lower the UAC to the third-from-top option, you still see a consent form, but

now it acts like a typical dialog box.

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