On Windows 11, you can now enable Administrator Protection to improve security while elevating commands or applications, and ...

The Windows User Account Control has mostly remained the same since Windows 7. This important security feature ensures that certain system changes that may be harmful to your computer require ...

I wrote a few weeks ago about changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7’s User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company has responded by saying ...

Windows 7 treats accounts with administrative privileges differently from actual admin accounts. Though they can perform most of the actions that admin accounts can, other accounts with administrative ...

If you're sick of seeing those UAC pop-ups, you can get rid of them by setting programs to run in administrator mode by default. Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is ...

Windows 11/10 includes several new security features for your protection. One of them prevents unauthorized access to system files. While this is good for your safety ...