The User Account Control (UAC) tool was one of Vista's most vilified features -- popping up and nagging you whenever you wanted to install or update a program -- and many users will be surprised to ...

One of the vaunted features of Windows 7 is the updated User Account Control settings. The change being the addition of a slider and UAC grades — one grade at the Vista level of annoyance and three ...

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.

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Once universally loathed, UAC is now a very useful tool for blocking Windows security threats. Here's how to make sure you're using it appropriately. Quickly, without stopping to think about it, name ...

If you are trying to set the Never notify option in the UAC but receive a message: You must restart your computer to turn off User Account Control, then this post will help you. This can happen for ...