said it was incorporated into the OS as an annoyance. Pure simple, just to waste our time.. I say.. enough.. turn it off, an never look back.. But remember to have anti-virus / malware software installed. By the looks of this forum, we have all wasted more than enough time on the Useless A C ... you can place what ever words you would like at the A and C position.. Being a window program developer is much worse than you guys to think about after the introduction of UAC. You know guys I have wasted a lot of time helping to fix such problem because of this...many days after I still cannot think much benefits about UAC and yet reported from my customers as well. I just want an environment that can save more time for me to construct some useful programs. Hi I subscribe to your blog and I was wondering... a few days ago UAC prompts and "higher elevation needed" prompts started appearing on my computer, I double checked and I still have UAC disabled, I run about 8 different types of antispyware/antivirus so I know when settings have changed, but somehow this one slipped by me, any ideas? The point of the UAC is to protect the average joe from downloading malicious content. If that average joe turns this feature off, you can not just say, "Your system is less secure". Windows for many years has been less secure. This was Microsoft's way of saying "enough