> From: Adrian Godwin <artgod...@gmail.com>
> 
> i think it was strongly disliked by many non-technical users because
> it was the first one where MS tried to lock down some admin
> functions, forcing the users to confirm or enter an admin password to
> continue. This isn't necessarily bad but it was rather hamfisted and
> disliked.

This, 100%. On top of the usual "chews up more memory for not that much
more functionality" issue that's always the case, the initial release
of UAC was *spectacularly* braindead, to the point where the simplest
way to make Vista usable was to disable it entirely - and once that
habit was ingrained in users, they persisted on down the line, even
well into Win10's lifetime. Windows really did need improved security/
permissions features, but their rollout was such a bungle that we ended
up with a world where millions of people ran *less* secure by choice,
because it just wasn't worth the pain.

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