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 are Yes and No buttons, ...

You would encounter this error message when trying to launch some programs. The causes include UAC being temporarily or permanently disabled. Also, pending updates ...

However, UAC does make things more convenient. If UAC is disabled and a standard user tries to perform an admin task, they are told "you can't do that". If UAC is enabled, they are prompted for admin ...

We are in the process of trying to come to a decision on whether or not to keep UAC enabled when we deploy Windows 7. Wondering what the typical medium/large enterprise has chosen to do? 3000+ users, ...