HTG Explains: Why You Shouldn’t Disable UAC

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Published on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:00:31 GMT Indexed on 2012/09/18 15:42 UTC
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User Account Control is an important security feature in the latest versions of Windows. While we’ve explained how to disable UAC in the past, you shouldn’t disable it – it helps keep your computer secure.

If you reflexively disable UAC when setting up a computer, you should give it another try – UAC and the Windows software ecosystem have come a long way from when UAC was introduced with Windows Vista.

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