If you use Windows Vista or 7, you know how annoying it is to have to approve everything every application does on your computer. This feature, known as User Account Control (UAC), gives you all those dialogs that spring up whenever you open something. Microsoft created UAC with the intention of making computing safer for end users and technicians alike. If you’re a “victim” of this “security measure,” you know why it’s a massive failure on the part of MS. It turns out that UAC might even hinder the security of home and office systems. Ouch!
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4 Reasons Why Windows UAC Is Useless
By | November 28, 2011 | 13 Comments
How to Selectively Disable UAC Prompt For Certain Applications
By | October 6, 2010 |
Compared to Windows Vista, Windows 7 comes with a less annoying UAC (User Account Control) and also a mean to control how and when you want it to appear. However it is not perfect yet. There are several instances where it will show a prompt when you start an application, and that can be annoying if you use that particular application on a regular basis. For example, I have this habit of running CCleaner at the end of each session to clean up the computer. Even when I “run the application as administrator”, the prompt will still appear, everytime. Since I have no intention to lower the security settings of the UAC, I need to find a way to bypass the UAC for specific application.
This is how it can be done to selectively disable UAC prompt for certain applications.
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VistaUACMaker Makes Your XP Apps Compatible With Windows Vista & 7
By | November 4, 2009 |
Windows Vista and 7 come with User Account Control (UAC) that controls the permissions the users have for running each application. Due to this restriction, many program in Win XP that require administrators privilege will not be able to run smoothly in Vista or Win 7. In such cases, you can use the VistaUACMaker to change the permission in the application and make it compatible with Vista and Windows 7.
To achieve the goal that we have in mind, we need to alter the Manifest File of the app which contains the useful information that provides the privileges needed by the app concerned & its UI Interaction of the app.
4 Tools To Make Vista’s UAC Less Annoying Without Compromising Your Security
By | November 13, 2008 |
No doubt the Vista User Account Control (UAC) is the single biggest irritation in the whole operating system, but if you are thinking of turning it off altogether, you better think twice. UAC is a security feature that can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. By turning it off, you will lose all protection and put yourself in great risk of virus and malware attack. Hopefully, you have not forgotten that Windows has the most number of virus attack in the World.
A better way to deal with the UAC is to tweak it such that it continues to run in the background without popping out the annoying prompt every few seconds. Here are four software that you can use to make your UAC less annoying without compromising your security.
