Microsoft GLC01844, GLC00182, GLC01878, GLC00184, GFC00941 manual More Secure, User Account Control

Windows 7 for You: Works the Way You Want

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Whether your hard disk drive contains irreplaceable family photos or the financial data critical to your business, the information on your PC is valuable. Viruses, spyware and other unwanted software, root kits, and phishing scams pose a constant risk today. In Windows Vista, we created multiple layers of defense to help protect you against online and offline threats. Windows 7 builds on this foundation of security with new and improved features. In addition, we’ve created new ways to protect your data and help safeguard against loss, theft, or accidental erasure due to hardware failures. Windows 7 even provides new ways to securely store data and files on removable USB storage devices making them less risky for transporting and sharing data.

User Account Control

The User Account Control (UAC) feature we introduced in Windows Vista has been successful at reducing the incidence of malware infection, with Windows Vista customers experiencing 60 percent fewer malware infections than users of Windows XP with SP2. However, we’ve heard your call for better control of how often a UAC prompt launches a notifi cation window. In Windows 7, you won’t see as many prompts because fewer operating system programs and tasks require elevation. And if you have administrative privileges, you can adjust what

you are prompted for. In order to help ensure your security, the UAC control panel runs in a high integrity process. Any change to the level of the UAC will prompt for confi rmation.

User Account Control settings let you adjust when you’ll receive notifications.

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