User Account Control, or UAC, is a security mechanism built into Windows. Here's how to change its protection level and whether you should disable it.

How to change User Account Control settings in Windows 7 UAC was one of Vista's most annoying features, and it's still hanging around like a bad smell in Windows 7.

Microsoft points out a side effect of the August updates. User account control prompts appear when MSI repairs are started.

Microsoft says the August 2025 security updates are triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app ...