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.

The Windows 11 Settings app has plenty of quirks beyond just the interface split. It's laggy when switching between sections, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you want to stop the UAC from appearing when using the Repair option for programs in Windows 11/10, here is how you can do that. You can use the Registry Editor to ...

What just happened? Microsoft is on a crusade to kill off any and all traces of "old Windows" in its latest Windows 10 operating system, and though the progress has been slow, the company took another ...