Turn On or Off Dimmed Secure Desktop for UAC Prompt using Group Policy Editor. If you use a Windows edition that ships with the Group Policy Editor, then you can Run secpol.msc to open the Local ...

UAC is not a security barrier, which is one of the reasons why users hate it: they don't see the point in a process elevation alert box that asks you to click "OK," as opposed to inputting a ...

Is the UAC (User Account Control) mechanism built into Windows 7 beta broken? So, do these UAC issues present a security risk to users, or has Microsoft neutered UAC to the point of being useless ...

UAC prompts users for confirmation whenever a program wants to make a ... Depending on whether an executed file is digitally signed by a trusted publisher, the UAC displays confirmation prompts ...

Turn UAC back on. It really should only prompt you when you're installing something that needs more than user permissions. Unless you are installing programs every day, it's not that big a deal.

To change UAC prompt behavior for non-Pro versions of Windows 10, you will have to edit the Windows Registry file. Type “regedit” into the desktop search box and click or tap the appropriate ...

The TrickBot Trojan has switched to a new Windows 10 UAC bypass to execute itself with elevated privileges without showing a User Account Control prompt.

This is Vista behavior – a UAC prompt results when any system-level change is made (Windows settings, software installation, etc.) Level 2 - Notify me only when programs try to make changes to ...

You can now launch Device manager at any time without having to deal with a UAC prompt. To see for yourself, just double-click the shortcut to make sure that is works correctly.