Most recent submissions by user "AllUltima"
Registered since: January 12, 2010
Run window should have "Run as administrator" checkbox
"Run" used to be the "quick and dirty" way to run stuff FAST (i.e. I could Run cmd and get a command prompt). But under UAC I typically need an ELEVATED command prompt, which requires me to find/make an elevated shortcut for. If it (more...)
Add "Run as Administrator" in the Run Window under the Open: [path] combo-box. Require the user to manually toggle the box for security reasons consistent with UAC.
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Prevent focus stealing while in the act of typing
It can be very annoying when something steals focus away from what you are doing. The worst case for me is typing, where, for example, another window opens and suddenly my keystrokes are being input into a new window.
Add a setting in Keyboard control panel called "Prevent lost focus when typing X quickly" with a slider.
I think that if this were implemented thoughtfully, (for example requiring a certain number of letters to be typed before (more...)
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LAN file sharing login should be more permanent when "remember my credentials" is checked.
When you log into another machine on your LAN, even when you choose "remember my credentials", you must reenter those credentials later such as after a restart. I am not convinced the "remember my credentials" box does anything at (more...)
The user should instead be able to enter this info ONCE, check "remember my credentials" (this box already exists in the UI) and expect reasonable persistence.
It should be noted that this may seem to be a "security feature", (more...)
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Battery Management: Standardize ability to disable battery charging under certain criteria
It is now well established that long term lithium ion battery life is prolonged by keeping the battery around 40% instead of 100%. At least in terms of long term idle storage, keeping the battery at 100% is considered absurd.
Many users (more...)
On the driver level, implement a toggle for disabling the charging of the battery. If this is not possible, then Microsoft should propose a standard for future laptops (or perhaps future firmware for existing laptops) to conform to which would allow such (more...)
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