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UAC is the feature that frequently prompts Vista users for permission to do something, sometimes more than once.
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UAC is the feature that frequently prompts Vista users for permission to do something, sometimes more than once.
Windows 7 security settings may leave PCs vulnerable to cyberattacks 2009
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Because Microsoft continues to believe (despite the overwhelming evidence) that UAC is useful, it makes getting rid of it relatively obscure and difficult.
How To Switch Off User Account Control In Vista | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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UAC is the feature in Vista that finally made a distinction between user-level access, needed to open files and work with data, and administrator-level access, needed to install new applications on your harddrive.
Windows 7 security settings may leave PCs vulnerable to cyberattacks 2009
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Vista is a major let down and the UAC is a major pain.
Will Microsoft’s Executive Shuffle Scare Yahoo? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Vista has introduced new feature called UAC (User Account Control).
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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Vista has come a looong way since its release, and it is much more stable an OS than XP SP3 is, but the PR disaster and broken promises that was the release of Vista was going to ruin any other OS that came after that even shared the hint of the vista name UAC is NOT part of the explorer. exe shell.
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Adjust the User Account Control (UAC) Settings - The UAC was a pain in Windows Vista, and changing the settings for UAC was an even bigger pain.
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The UAC has been a bane of Vista users, as it notifies the user ...
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The UAC has been a bane of Vista users, as it notifies the user ...
alexz commented on the word UAC
Windows term for User Account Control
the computer protection based on approval popups which you get when you try to run an unknown executable in Windows.
September 22, 2018