Windows warnings

In this article. Awareness Make user aware of a condition or potential problem, but user may not have to do anything now. Examples of awareness warnings. Awareness warnings have the following presentation: Main instruction: Describe the condition or potential problem. Supplemental instruction: Explain the implication and why it is important. Commit buttons: Close. Error prevention Make user aware of information that might prevent a problem, especially when making choices.

Error prevention warnings are best presented using an in-place warning icon and explanatory text. Examples of error prevention warnings. Imminent problem The user needs to do something now to prevent an imminent problem.

An example of an imminent problem warning. Imminent problem warnings have the following presentation: Main instruction: Describe what the user needs to do now. Supplemental instruction: Explain the condition and why it is important. Commit buttons: A command button or command link for each option, or OK if the action occurs outside the dialog box.

Risky action confirmation Confirm that the user wants to proceed with an action that has some risk and can't be easily undone. An example of risky action confirmation. Risky action confirmations have the following presentation: Main instruction: Ask a question to determine if the user wants to proceed. The "zero-day" flaw, named CVE, reportedly allows hackers to breach every version of Windows and take over the computer. Microsoft confirmed the vulnerability, according to Forbes , but believed that they fixed the problem last month.

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