It only stands to reason that the first action when setting up a new OS is UPDATE. That puppy's image was created mounths ago, burned - paggaged - shipped. It is old befor you remove the shrink wrap.

As far as UAC is I do feel sorry for MS as it is now a situation where they are damned if they setup a tight ship. Damned if they open it up a bit so the poor user is not bothered by sooo many security concerns.
We deserve all the mall ware that comes our ....