Vista to allow ActiveX installation
Microsoft is to give Windows Vista an option for users to install ActiveX controls after all. Previously it was said that the controls could only be installed with administrator approval.
The change is implemented because of the requests that followed during beta tests, which found that administrators had a hard time keeping up with updates to ActiveX controls.
User Account Control (UAC), a feature to be introduced in Vista, places strict limits on standard users, including barring them from installing ActiveX controls without authorisation from an administrator.
The feature's constant prompts for authentication have been heavily criticised by industry observers.
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