Q:Vista is driving me batty. I am the only person who uses my computer, but I get repeated screen messages warning that administrator approval is required for the simplest tasks. Is there any way of ...

User Account Control (UAC) was developed to address concerns that viruses and malware can do much more damage to a system when a user is logged on with administrative rights on the local machine, than ...

One of the most consistently successful workarounds for eliminating a broad group of problems under Mac OS X is the creation of a fresh user account. The problems that can necessitate creation of a ...

Microsoft's User Access Control (UAC) can be a powerful tool to protect systems from malicious software, but many people misunderstand what it can and cannot do. Knowing the power (and limitations) of ...

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 you ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have found most of the "Get a Mac" ads on television irritating and misleading, but two of the most recent ones were spot on: the one where the PC, played by the author and comedian John Hodgman, ...