JD i think you are a moron and most likely work for MS I understand that the skillset of the users here are greatly varied; perhaps I failed to make it clear that my comments were directed at certain individuals that presented themselves as not being among the general user base. My responses to them were perhaps rude and unpleasant, but not unfair. You asked how I could say that UAC is not a security feature and correlated the use of your car's key fob. Continuing that metaphore, I would say that unlocking and locking your car via the key fob is a convenience feature not a security feature -- the locking mechanism is. Being able to unlock (or lock) one or more doors at a time without needing to insert your key or manipulate the mechanism itself highlights how the key fob is a convenience feature; the key fob is not required for the security feature itself to work. I understand a lot of people complain about UAC and I can see how people may consider UAC to be inconvenient. I still consider it a convenience feature because the user can be prompted to authorize elevation instead of being told to manually switch to a privilaged context. In response to your "I am an ADMINISTRATOR" statement -- it's a misnomer; your user account simply belongs to the Administrators group. With UAC turned on your user context is unprivilaged until a member of the Adminstrators group (you) authorize an elevation