A warning to LG ultrawide users who installed their split screen software.
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Good in every way! UAC is a pain in the arse.
If you think it's good that a piece of third party software disables a security feature without so much as a notification then carry right on. I don't use UAC but lots of people with an LG ultrawide do and they might not be savvy enough to realise what's happened and that all of a sudden everything is running with full admin privileges. It's very lazy and irresponsible coding on the part of LG.
I personally leave UAC on. I dont mind it one bit. Linux uses a similar idea and no one is complaining there for a good reason which is add'd security. So thank you for the headsup.
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UAC is one of the first things I turn off 
It's just beyond irritating. I know what I'm doing, I am in control, full control.
It's just beyond irritating. I know what I'm doing, I am in control, full control.
UAC is one of the first things I turn off
It's just beyond irritating. I know what I'm doing, I am in control, full control.
If it's one of the first things that you turn off I can guarantee you don't know what is running with elevated privileges on your system or probably what it means for something to do so. UAC is pretty handy and something which turns off such a service with no notification can certainly be considered malicious in many cases.
I can appreciate the uses of UAC and it is a very useful piece of consumer advice for those that didn't know about this (I didn't) and those that do rely on UAC.
It's just in my experience UAC has been of no benefit to me whatsoever. I am well into my 20's and would consider myself very computer savvy for about 10 or 12 years and in this time have not been infected with any malware or crap like that, it's all down to knowing where not go to go on the big bad internet.
I like to keep a a close eye on what my PC is doing.
That being said, keep an eye out on the forums, I guarantee I'll have no sooner said this than I'll be rodgered by a virus
It's just in my experience UAC has been of no benefit to me whatsoever. I am well into my 20's and would consider myself very computer savvy for about 10 or 12 years and in this time have not been infected with any malware or crap like that, it's all down to knowing where not go to go on the big bad internet.
I like to keep a a close eye on what my PC is doing.
That being said, keep an eye out on the forums, I guarantee I'll have no sooner said this than I'll be rodgered by a virus
UAC is disabled by about 75% of people from day 1.
It interferes with running of scheduled tasks even logged in as an admin, I agree no software should disable ti but still, dont say "You don't know" when in likelyhood if you have disabled it your a power user and WILL likely know.
- For reference I am a Senior IT consultant for Hedge Funds in Mayfair, we disable it by GPO for everyone.
If you have software that is malicious then blame the AV and/or admin, not UAC. People will still click run because they are morons.
Does it prompt for admin rights before disabling UAC? I'm kind of impressed if it totally disables UAC without so much as a notification (even if its probably not really that hard) makes a mockery of any security it offers if any malware or "unelevated" application could work around it like that.
Exactly what I was thinking
Personally I have never wanted or used UAC in the 100's of pc's Ive built /rebuilt since UAC was introduced. Its a good idea for those with little experience / knowledge - I just found it infuriating
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It really shouldn't disable it without notification, however I turn it off on every device I own, and we disable via group policy for all the devices we manage in work
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Hi All,
I noticed this thread a couple of days ago, and immedietly send this over to HQ in Korea.
I have had a statement back surrounding this;
“LG was made aware of an issue of the UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 7 (and above) automatically deactivating when specific bundled software for certain LG monitors is installed. We immediately looked into this issue and are pleased to report that an updated version of the software will be available for download starting April 21 from the LG website. We thank customers for their interest in LG monitors and will continue to strive to meet their expectations of LG products.”
THank you so much for the info on this one guys, it has meant we have been able to react quickly
I noticed this thread a couple of days ago, and immedietly send this over to HQ in Korea.
I have had a statement back surrounding this;
“LG was made aware of an issue of the UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 7 (and above) automatically deactivating when specific bundled software for certain LG monitors is installed. We immediately looked into this issue and are pleased to report that an updated version of the software will be available for download starting April 21 from the LG website. We thank customers for their interest in LG monitors and will continue to strive to meet their expectations of LG products.”
THank you so much for the info on this one guys, it has meant we have been able to react quickly
It is nice that they resolved that security issue quickly. Good Job.