true of the firewall or not having an anti-virus software as well. This can be disabled in control panel the same way you disable the message for the firewall. For anyone out there that thinks turning UAC off will cause harmful repercussions to your computer with proper software, you are wrong. If you install a security suite like ESET, you will never need to have the UAC on. Just like any new device, software, furniture, car, etc. . . You have to read the manual. The term for this is RTFM. Don't just go expecting everything to work the way you want it. Personalizing the computer is a big part of buying a new one. Do some research, find ways to work around it, read the posts (which in some of the comments after my previous one, I don't think they have). Yeah, Microsoft sucks money from the economy, but they aren't going away. They will be here for a very long time. Quit complaining that M$ is taking control away, learn the work arounds to disable this "control" and move on. If you don't like M$, go buy a (it disgusts me to say this) a Mac. Or learn how to use Linux on a PC. But beware, I am sure that somebody will complain that Linux is too hard to navigate or use. Just learn how to use the software. If there is a feature you don't like, find sites like this that tell you how to turn