Use Control Panel or Registry Editor, but understand the risks This article describes how to disable UAC in Windows 10 using ...

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.

Reacting to intense criticism of an important security feature in Windows 7, Microsoft Thursday said it will change the behavior of User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7’s release candidate. “We are ...

Microsoft Corp. insisted today that what outsiders have called a “security flaw” in Windows 7 is not a bug, but the way the new operating system is meant to work. Last week, Rafael Rivera, a developer ...

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 ...