User Account Control (UAC) helps prevent unauthorized changes. We don't recommend switching it off. Using the Control Panel leaves little room for error vs. editing ...

Windows Vista only: You're installing a bunch of software, and Windows Vista's "Need your permission to continue" prompts are driving you mad. You already know how to ...

For years, Windows users have been allowed to essentially ignore the responsibilities of security while having to deal with the consequences of insecurity. Windows XP has always had the requisite ...

Windows 7 carried a lot of features over from Vista including design, functionality and more importantly security features. One of these features was the User Account Control or most commonly known as ...

User Account Control prevents users from making changes to a computer without the administrator's permission. Windows Firewall, on the other hand, limits which applications can use the Internet and ...

The UAC made its first appearance on Windows Vista and has been around since then. As an administrator, UAC allows you to define user privileges. It is quite a formidable tool when there are multiple ...

The first thing I did after I installed Windows Vista was disable User Account Control—it’s pretty much the most annoying OS feature I’ve ever dealt with. Microsoft’s Chief Security Advisor in ...

You would encounter this error message when trying to launch some programs. The causes include UAC being temporarily or permanently disabled. Also, pending updates ...

A change to the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 to make it "less annoying" allows a simple override that renders UAC disabled without user interaction, reports Long Zheng at iStartedSomething.

If you want to open Google Chrome command-line flags without the User Account Control popup, you can follow this guide. It is possible to disable UAC or security warning for command-line flags in ...

I constantly amaze my technology pundit pals by regaling them with tales of my use of Windows Vista. "I dunno, it doesn't crash for me"—puts them into shock. "Actually, it boots faster than XP did, ...