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Still relevant, just substitute for win 11 (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 month ago by verstra to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it enraged everyone, but when you’re already using a more secure system (Linux), the whiplash isn’t so surprising. Speaking as a non-Windows user, so just my outside observation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

The main issue was that Vista asked for admin rights all the time. One of the first things they addressed with SP1 was to require admin privileges for fewer operations, cutting down on the number of UAC prompts.