It’s an unfortunate fact that since Microsoft really introduced the concept of User Accounts in Windows 95, the default user level has been that of ‘Administrator’. While this is nice and convenient for the user, (and as the saying goes “Convenience is the enemy of security”) it also throws up a bunch of potential security […]
If you’re one of those people who are frequently tinkering with the inner workings of their computers you will probably be fed up with User Account Control continually popping up and asking you for permission to do things. One solution to this is to turn off User Account Control, but this is a security risk and not one we would recommend, […]