I wrote about the silliness of the way Vista handles Installers awhile ago; they run with admin rights. Now, it turns out that it's even stupider than I thought:

"If Vista sees that you have created a Microsoft Visual C++ project with install in the project name, then that .exe will automatically require Admin Rights to run. Create exactly the same project, but call it, say, Fred, and the problem disappears," he explained. "Vista's security isn't just concerned with what an .exe is doing to your PC, but what it's actually called."

I think I'll call that security via stupidity.

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