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I saw an article on the improvements in Vista against spyware. It sounds like MS has really made an effort to try to keep this sort of drivel under control. However, there is this paragraph that stood out to me:

Microsoft is taking a multipronged approach to fight spyware. Unlike XP, Vista will run by default with fewer user privileges. People will have to invoke full, "administrator," privileges to perform tasks such as installing an application.

Well, all I can say is, "IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!" Sheesh, I mean, why did it take until now to not run in full administrator privileges by default? This single thing will probably make a larger impact, at least in my humble opinion, than any of the other improvements in Vista. Yet another idea borrowed by Microsoft and called innovation I guess. I wonder if they will have the su command in Vista too?