User Account Control, or UAC, is a security mechanism built into Windows. Here's how to change its protection level and whether you should disable it.

How Microsoft can save User Account Control For years, Windows users have been allowed to essentially ignore the responsibilities of security while having to deal with the consequences of insecurity.

If you have ever used a personal firewall application such as ZoneAlarm, you are probably familiar with seeing cryptic alert messages pop up on your screen. Essentially, any time a new or unknown ...

Windows: The User Account Control feature in Windows provides an extra measure of security by prompting you to confirm before any major changes take place. It also takes over your desktop every ...

Alter Vista's User Account Control setting via the User Accounts Control Panel applet. Microsoft You get more granular control over UAC's behavior via the Local Security Settings.

To turn off User Account Control in Vista, click the Start button and type "user" into the search box at the bottom. In the list of results that appears as you type, click on User Accounts.

User Account Control (UAC) is a controversial new security feature slated for inclusion in Windows Vista. Reactions to this feature from beta testers have been downright caustic. In this post ...

Windows Vista has a new security feature dubbed "User Account Control" that has been the focus of much criticism since it was first seen in early builds. If you haven't come across it, let me ...

Fix This app can't be activated when UAC is disabled OR You can't open an App while User Account Control is turned off, Enable UAC to fix it!

Alex Diluzio wants a say in when those annoying User Account Control messages pop up. User Account Control (UAC) is almost certainly Vista’s least popular added feature. Designed more to protect ...

Windows Vista only: Free utility Norton User Account Control replaces Vista's default UAC with a more user-friendly and more secure UAC. The administrator password-prompting User Account Control ...