ひどすぎるアドバイス

Visual Studio 2005をWindows Vista上で起動すると次のようなメッセージが表示されます。

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まぁ、これはある程度予期できることなので、じゃぁ、何か対処法があるのかと[Check for solutions online]をクリックした先のページで、

The information below identifies the known issues you will face when using Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista as a normal user.

Note These issues are specific to running without administrator permissions. You will experience these issues as well as those located here.

Microsoft recommends that when using Visual Studio 2005, you to do the following:

  • Run Visual Studio with elevated administrator permissions
  • Be a member of the "Administrators" group on the local machine
  • Right-click the Visual Studio icon and select the "Run as administrator" option from the context menu

Note You can create a shortcut to Visual Studio and select the option to always run with elevated administrator permissions. Using this shortcut would be the equivalent of the right-click method described above.

なんて事が恥ずかしげもなく記述されているわけです。
誰のためのUACなの?って思わずいってしまいたくなるこの惨状。
Windows Vistaエバンジェリストたらないといけない人々のお言葉とは思えません。