The Old New Thing

September 20, 2007 - The Old New Thing

Find the Flowers vs Minesweeper

September 20, 2007 Sep 20, 2007 09/20/07
Raymond Chen
David Vronay writes about the difficult balance that has to be maintained between people who like the classic Windows game Minesweeper and people who are (understandably) upset that Windows includes a game about landmines, trivializing a very serious issue. (Yes, the image used in the game is a water mine, not a land mine, but that's scant ...

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Elevation to administrator

September 20, 2007 Sep 20, 2007 09/20/07
Raymond Chen
Surprisingly, it is not a security vulnerability that administrators can add other users to the Administrators group. But that doesn't stop people from claiming that it is. For example, it's not uncommon for a vulnerability report to come in with the following steps: Wow, this looks bad. An unprivileged user can elevate to administrator ...