User Account Control (UAC) helps prevent unauthorized changes. We don't recommend switching it off. Using the Control Panel leaves little room for error vs. editing ...

Creating a secure guest account on Windows can be a great way to let others use your system without compromising your ...

The User Account Control (UAC) tool was one of Vista's most vilified features -- popping up and nagging you whenever you wanted to install or update a program -- and many users will be surprised to ...

We can change the account type of a user account in five easy ways. We’ll explore the following methods in this section: Change a user account type between Standard and Admin from User Accounts.

Admins can force users to reset their respective passwords during their next Windows 11 login by making a few simple changes on a difficult-to-find configuration screen. Image: Mark ...

I recently set out to clean up my system in preparation for installing SP2 (and also just because it's the right thing to do!). In the process I noted that when I go to documents and settings--user ...

Use Control Panel or Registry Editor, but understand the risks This article describes how to disable UAC in Windows 10 using ...