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 ...

Microsoft developer Long Zheng, author of the blog istartedsomething, on Friday posted a proof-of-concept for the vulnerability in the Windows 7 beta, and said it stemmed from Microsoft's efforts to ...

Last week, Microsoft bloggers Long Zheng and Rafael Rivera published simple proof-of-concept code that automatically disables UAC in Windows 7 without any user interaction. On Wednesday, Zheng and ...

After the August updates, unexpected User Account Control prompts are appearing more frequently in Windows. Microsoft is making some adjustments. The August security updates for Windows desktop ...

User Account Control or UAC is a security measure in Windows that shows up when an administrator privilege is required for a certain task. When the UAC prompt shows up, there is a Yes and No button, ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all ...