in reply to (OT) Windows Vista UAC

If it was possible to programmatically disable UAC, then UAC wouldn't be worth very much, would it?

The correct solution is to do whatever it is that installers (such as for games) do when doing device detection (for things like "What is the video card?", etc). It may not be devcon, but that may be the price of supporting a b0rked OS like Vista.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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