[Full-disclosure] Windows 7 UAC compromised

[Christopher Pritchard]

> The biggest issue here is that although it's technically easy to fix
> this problem (just have UAC issue an alert when somebody's messing with
> the system settings), it involves doing more of what end users dislike
> most about UAC (it issuing alerts to Joe Sixpack all the time when he
> does something bone-headed security-wise).
> 
> Fixing this one in a way that users will put up with will be a bitch.

Why not just have it not prompt if you are changing settings, except for UAC settings? that would be the simple way around it