Windows displays a User Account Control (UAC) prompt whenever you attempt to install or run an existing application as an administrator.

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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.

Microsoft has started public testing of 'Administrator Protection' in Windows 11, a new security feature that requires ...

In addition to creating multiple users, Windows 10 also lets you limit what others can do on a shared PC, by providing multiple types of accounts, namely standard user accounts and admin accounts.

Microsoft requires you to log in with an online account for Windows 10 and 11, even in the Home versions. However, this can be bypassed during installation or changed later.

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A new variant of the banking trojan 'Coyote' has begun abusing a Windows accessibility feature, Microsoft's UI Automation framework, to identify which banking and cryptocurrency exchange sites are ...

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