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UAC. See User Account Control

UIAccess. See User Interface access

UMDF. See User-Mode Driver Framework

unintended software consequences, 56

Unix, on Windows, 28. See also Subsystem for Unix-Based Applications

URL Filtering, 343. See also Request Filtering

URL handling protections, 258-259

USB flash memory drives, 10, 19

boot disk, 549

WinPE and building, 549-554

ReadyBoost and, 19

Use phishing filter (setting), 274-275, 281. See also phishing filter

Use Pop-up Blocker (setting), 275, 281

User Access Control Status, 230

User Account Control (UAC), 20-21, 121-169

applications and leveraging, 164-167

basics, 123-124

best practices, 168-169

disabling, 152, 156-157, 159

consequences of, 157

facts about, 122-123

file access and, 153-154

frequently asked questions, 153-164

goals/purpose of, 129-130, 168

Group Policy configuration, 150-152

importance of, 168

introduction, 121-123

least privilege and, 128, 179, 525, 526, 528, 530, 531

logon script failure and, 516

malware and, 122, 123, 158, 169

non-admins and, 129-130

process isolation and, 158, 169

purpose/goals of, 129-130, 168

RA and, 149

remote access and, 148

Secure Desktop and, 21

SMB access and, 148

sudo v., 160-162

system-wide setting of, 159

User Account Control: AdminApproval Mode for the Built-in Administrator Account, 150

User Account Control: Behavior of the Elevation Prompt for Administrators in Admin Approval Mode, 150

User Account Control: Behavior of the Elevation Prompt for Standard Users, 150-151

User Account Control: Detect Application Installations and Prompt for Elevation, 151

User Account Control: Only Elevate Executables that Are Signed and Validated, 151

User Account Control: Only Elevate UIAccess Applications that Are Installed in Secure Locations, 152

User Account Control: Run All Administrators in Admin Approval Mode, 152

User Account Control: Switch to the Secure Desktop when Prompting for Elevation, 152

User Account Control: Virtualize File and Registry Write Failures to Per-User Locations, 152

User Authentication, 277

security zone settings, 277, 281

User data persistence (setting), 275, 281

User Experience (UX), Vista, 7-8

User Interface access (UIAccess), 152, 157

user profiles, 90-92

symbolic links and, 92

User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF), 19

users, built-in

modifications of, 179

new changes, 24-25, 179

UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), 142

UX. See User Experience