What is the "secure desktop"

[Guest]

I was reading a document about Vista. It mentioned that certain things
happen on the secure desktop. Such as

Displays the UAC elevation prompt on the secure desktop. The secure desktop
can only receive messages from Windows processes, which eliminates messages
from malicious software.

What is the secure desktop? Can the user see it? Is it in a different
place from the regular desktop?
Thanks,
Chas

 

[Tiberius]

its a black screen that blanks everything off so you want touch the other
windows and allows
you only to click on the UAC window pop up

Think of it as a blocked screen more than a "desktop"

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Chas

The Secure Desktop is what you see when the UAC prompt appears. The screen
dims and you cannot perform any action until the UAC prompt is dismissed.
The dimming is the result of the secure desktop module which builds a
transparent blended bitmap and then overlays the screen with this image.