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By: Vijay

Vijay — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:55:11 +0000

Then I would recommend you read this as well on WinSxS – http://www.msigeek.com/291/whats-all-fuzzz-about-winsxs-folder

By: Ankit

Ankit — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:51:19 +0000

you know few days back, I was searching for what “C:\Windows\winSxS” folder meant for? As, it contains files over 4Gb and take much space.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:55 +0000

Thanks Ankit. Good to hear that, this article was useful.

By: Ankit

Ankit — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:47:35 +0000

thanks for information on “User Account Control”, I was looking for it for long time.

By: msigeek

msigeek — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:59:42 +0000

4 modes of UAC in Windows 7

High: Vista equivalent
Prompts for: all elevations
Prompts on: secure desktop

Medium: default
Prompts for: non-Windows elevations
Windows means:
Signed by Windows certificate
In secure location
Doesn’t accept control command-line (e.g. cmd.exe)
Prompts on: secure desktop

Low:
Prompts for: non-Windows elevations
Prompts on: standard desktop
Avoids black flash and user can interact with desktop
Possible appcompat issues with 3rd-party accessibility applications

Off: UAC off
No Protected Mode IE
No file system or registry virtualization