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 ...

Fuggeddaboud Microsoft’s crazy User Account Control. One security researcher has discovered that just by disabling admin rights, 92% of Microsoft vulnerabilities are cured, or at least the damage a ...

A change that Microsoft made in Windows 7 to improve its controversial User Account Control security feature has left the new OS less secure, according to a blogger who follows Microsoft closely.

Introduced with Windows Vista, UAC boosts security by reducing application privileges from administrative to standard levels in order to limit the impact of malicious code, but many users ended up ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. People who bought computers with Vista preinstalled tend to ...