infected XP machines. I seldom get a UAC prompt because I use programs that are Vista compatible. The only reason someone would need to disable it, is if they have programs that are not fully Vista compatible installed. One of the reasons these things spread is because so many people are not properly informed about computer security. One infected machine can infect thousands of other machines. A computer getting infected because someone disables security features can affect others. This is one fact that is not stressed nearly enough. I recently tried installing xampp (Apache, MySql) and the installation package asked that I disable UAC or install into a directory other than the "Program Files" folder. Wonder if it's morally right for a non-MS system to request that. Secondly, I've been trying to run the Techsmith Camtasia recorder and these security settings just wouldn't let me so I've just decided to disable UAC at least for now. What's an admin account without power to control. I agree with the suggestions that Windows should be put more effort into letting ordinary users use less privileged accounts instead of restricting many features on admin accounts. Sheesh, all I want to do is to put one of my Delphi programs in the startup folder or in the registry so it runs automatically on start. Turning UAC off allows it to run with no problems but now the computers display the annoying 'UAC is off' message. Naturally the program does not have a signature, it's