Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been responsible for generating a significant amount of anti-Vista vitriol, mainly because of the large number of alerts is has been known to ...

Microsoft developer Long Zheng, author of the blog istartedsomething, on Friday posted a proof-of-concept for the vulnerability in the Windows 7 beta, and said it stemmed from Microsoft's efforts to ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all ...

Microsoft says the August 2025 security updates are triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation issues for non-admin users across all supported Windows versions. This ...