Once in the Control Panel, click on System and Security, followed by Security and Maintenance, and Change User Account Control Settings. This will bring you to the screen shown in Figure 1.

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Microsoft has purposely hidden the built-in Administrator account in Vista, but it's easy to use once you know how to find it, writes Scot Finnie.

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If you disable the User Account Control in Windows 10, all programs will have same security clearance as the account you're logged in with. However, disabling that feature is a terrible idea.

User Account Control, or UAC, is a security mechanism built into Windows. Here's how to change its protection level and whether you should disable it.