Microsoft has quietly tightened Windows 11’s security model, and the latest change is already raising eyebrows.

Windows 11 KB5074105 adds a UAC prompt for Storage settings, but Settings can’t clean Windows Update files anymore.

Sometimes, we need to launch applications on our system with elevated privileges. We can do so by selecting the Run as Administrator option in the right-click context menu for a particular application ...

The upcoming Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser will warn users when they launch the browser with administrative privileges and suggest that they relaunch the browser as a non-administrator. This ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the roll out of a new "Windows Local Administrator Password Solution" (LAPS). Update 4/14: Microsoft advised against installing the older "legacy LAPS" after its April ...

Around the same time Microsoft released Windows 11 24H2 to the general public, the company also began testing a new security feature called Administrator protection in the Canary channel. Bypassing ...

Being locked out of your Microsoft 365 administrator account can be a stressful experience, as it prevents you from managing users and services. This typically occurs due to security features, such as ...

Microsoft is making a new attempt to improve the security of Windows. This mechanism is called "Administrator Protection" and is designed to allow users to work with the lowest possible rights and ...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz explains how you can activate and use the real Administrator account in Microsoft Windows 7. As you know, the User Account Control (UAC) ...