mozilla.org/addon/132). Install
the extension, restart your browser, and then select File ??? Open Long URL.
Paste the long, broken URL into the box, click OK, and the extension will
reassemble the URL for you and open the page. See? Much easier than fixing
our email software.
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Chapter 8Users and SecurityUsers and SecurityUser Accounts CHAPTER 8
Users and Security
Microsoft tried something new with user accounts in Windows Vista. In the
past, the purpose of having separate accounts was to make it easy for more
than one person to use a single PC: each user got his or her own desktop,
documents, settings, and even a password to keep private things private. But
in Vista, user accounts also help your PC protect itself from...well, you.
User Account Control (UAC) is the name of the system that displays the
???Windows needs your permission to continue??? message whenever you try to
make a change to your system. On one hand, having to watch the screen go
black while you wait for the UAC prompt to appear every time you open
Device Manager can be tremendously annoying. On the other hand, the system
is designed to let you know whenever a change is being made to your
system, which (in theory) makes it harder for spyware and viruses to do their
dirty work. See ???Control User Account Control,??? later in this chapter, for
the scoop.
Otherwise, User Accounts are the primary means of protecting your data,
even if you??™re the only person who uses your PC.
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