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Windows 7: Use UAC sensibly

20 May 2009
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

One of the major innovations in Windows Vista was the User Account Control. This warns the user of changes to the system, but offered little to no setting options under Vista, which meant that this useful feature quickly fell into disrepute.

Under Windows 7, the user account control has been significantly revised. You can now use the slider to set when the user should be notified. You can access the setting either via "Control Panel->User Accounts" or via "Start and entering UAC in the search field".

The slider can now be used to conveniently set a warning level; you can also deactivate user account control completely.

I personally recommend the second-lowest level, as I find it a good compromise between security and annoying warnings.

Sincerely,

Raimund Machacek

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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