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.

“The problem [UAC] is trying to solve is that too many Windows users are logged on with elevated user accounts all the time, when they do not need to be elevated for much of what they were doing ...

User Account Control has been most criticized for the frequency with which it pops up on the screen. Even though the alerts have been scaled back in Vista RC1, ...

The UAC prompts trapping the action regardless of intent may not be perfect, but they're a lot closer to being right than silent elevation.

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 ...

Windows displays a User Account Control (UAC) prompt whenever you attempt to install or run an existing application as an administrator. If you want additional control over your account's ...

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 ...

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 ...