Windows Vista™ Plain & Simple

Authorizing Administrative Actions

The User Account Control is a very important part of Windows security and is responsible for all those times a dialog box pops up asking you to verify an action. Although the User Account Control is turned on by default, people sometimes find it so annoying that they turn it off. This action reduces your security and makes it much more difficult to execute actions while you’re logged on as a Standard user.

Turn On the User Account Control

1. Log on to Windows as an Administrator.

2. Click the Start button, choose Control ...