After seeing it written about so wrongly so often, Roger Grimes decided it’s time to simply spell out as accurately as he can exactly what Microsoft’s UAC is — and what it is not. “The ...

Apple UAC rumours: The specifications From what we can gather so far the UAC is not something developed by Apple, but instead an already existing form of USB that can be found mainly on cameras.

Is the UAC (User Account Control) mechanism built into Windows 7 beta broken? So, do these UAC issues present a security risk to users, or has Microsoft neutered UAC to the point of being useless ...

UAC is there to confirm user-initiated changes, setup routines, etc. While UAC cannot stop a user from allowing a malicious application to run, should Microsoft make it impossible to turn UAC off?

I wrote a few weeks ago about changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7's User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company has responded by ...

Windows 7 makes some very nice changes to Vista’s most-reviled feature, User Account Control (UAC). But one security firm’s CEO says that the changes are merely cosmetic — “lipstick on UAC ...

Is UAC in Windows 7 broken? That’s what some IT Windows community agitators are saying. They claim that one of the most critical system settings in all of Windows 7 — the on/off switch for UAC ...

The anti-virus leader believes Microsoft's security tool is still too sensitive and complex for users, and is touting its ability to provide additional management functions on top of Vista's ...

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 ...

In the following article, Quantrimang.com will go into the specific details of what UAC is, how UAC works, and the benefits of enabling this feature in any version of Windows.