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Vista’s User Account Control

February 23, 2009

in computer performance,privacy & security,Vista

by Ross M. Greenberg

If you put two computer users in a room you get three opinions about Vista. But there’s one thing they all have in common: Everybody hates User Account Control – that annoying box that pops up every time you try to do something useful. It can be turned off easily, but I don’t recommend it. There really are “bad guys” out there getting their jollies by zapping your hard disk. You are fully backed up, right?

Leave UAC turned on.
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