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User Account Control

Windows Vista and Windows 7:

The User Account Control feature ensures that no unauthorized changes are made to the computer. It does

this by asking whether a user has administrator rights to allow any changes to be made to the system. If User

Account Control is enabled, a standard user will always be asked to enter an administrator password to

make such changes.

You can specify here how a user logged on as an administrator is to be informed of potential changes to the

computer and prompted for confirmation.

This is how Windows differentiates between changes that the user makes himself (e.g. security-related set-

tings) and the startup of programs that can carry out changes. You can set here in detail, which changes

must require confirmation first and whether a password must be entered beforehand.

Because this is a security-relevant setting, it is advisable to leave the user account control activated and

select at least Confirmation prompt without password entry (for Windows Vista) or For changes by pro-

grams, without password entry (for Windows 7).

One aim of User Account Control is to ensure that no programs start in the background without the user

being aware of it. At every program startup, Windows determines whether this program will make changes

to the computer. If this is the case and User Account Control is enabled, the user will be prompted to have

an administrator confirm the program startup. This feature is a key security step in case an unknown (and

potentially harmful) program starts up without the user having initiated it himself.

Security Center (Windows Vista) / Maintenance Center (Windows 7)

The Security Center or Maintenance Center, as it is called in Windows 7, regularly runs in the background to

check the security status of your computer and displays warnings if a possible security problem is deter-

mined.

If these warnings are displayed on your computer in error or you do not want to be shown warnings from

the Security/Maintenance Center, you can switch the warnings off here.

Advanced

Under Screensaver password prompt, you can specify how long the screensaver has to be running before

the password protection is activated (if this option is enabled). The default value is 5 seconds.

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