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Guys in my laptop running windows 8.1 i tried to uninstall synaptic touch pad drivers but an error message appears saying you have to be logged in as an administrator to uninstall driver. I messed around with the user account privileges activated the windows admin account through command prompt...

The security query every time you start a system tool is really annoying:evil:. We can disable UAC but then this disables it permantely:cry:. However, UAC can be avoided by starting the program indirectly using Task Scheduler and UAC remains active for other programs.:-o Open Task Scheduler...

Source : *www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-7-uac-vista,news-3416.html Take look at here also : *www.withinwindows.com/2009/01/30/malware-can-turn-off-uac-in-windows-7-by-design-says-microsoft

At OSNews, we usually do not report on individual security breaches, because there are websites specifically tailored to that sort of thing. Still, every now and then, an interesting security issue pops up that deserves some attention. How about this one: through a simple VBScript, you can...

Norton Labs has released a replacement for Vista UAC. Check it out here: *www.nortonlabs.com/inthelab/uac.php And, here's one review: *www.brothersoft.com/blog/2008/09/03/make-your-system-more-secure-uac/

Source Just sharing some info I found.

I came across this application which allows to create a sort of White List of applications in Vista, eliminating the UAC prompt for that particular application. Download Source

By Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb 3:12 PM EDT Thu. Apr. 10, 2008 The User Account Control in Windows Vista improves security by reducing application privileges from administrative to standard levels, but UAC has been widely criticized for the nagging alerts it generates. According to...

Guys i have a nVidia Geforce 7050 PV / nForce 630a onboard graphics card on my MoBo. I got this machine just 2 weeks back. This machine is my first taste of the Aero interface. So when i was checking some articles on WinSupersite today, i saw some screenshots which displayed the UAC Promts in...

TweakUAC is a freeware software utility that can be used to quickly turn UAC (User Account Control of Microsoft Windows Vista) on or off, or to make UAC operate in the quiet mode. Turn UAC off This option turns UAC off completely. If this is what you want, select this option, press OK, restart...

Security company Kaspersky claimed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it. Natalya Kaspersky, the company's chief executive, said that without UAC, Vista...

For those who thought the User Account Control (UAC) feature introduced in Windows Vista was intended to set security boundaries, Microsoft has made a clarification: it isn't. The most direct communication about UAC to date came on Monday from Mark Russinovich, a Technical Fellow in...