I understand your point. Try Vista and you’ll see how annoying it is and how often you’re asked: Allow or Deny? Without a doubt, you’ll quickly start clicking “Allow” all the time without even reading the message. That’s what “regular” users do, anyway, especially since they don’t understand the risks.

That’s a serious usability and design flaw in my opinion. One of the many Vista flaws. By designing Vista this way, they are passing on the security blame to the users while they should have fixed security for real and for good.

I’m more at risk if I don’t wear the seatbelt in my car, and some find it very annoying. Still, it’s not the manufacturer’s mistake if you die in a crash and you’re not wearing it.

I haven’t used Vista yet though, so I can’t really comment on the “annoyingness” (if that’s a word).