The idea behind it itself is really not a bad one. it was created to kind of lower chances of outside interference, i.e. malware that somehow gets into your system to not be able to execute any programs to alter your system. On the other hand I am sure that if some malware really wants to get on they have ways to outsmart uac probably too. There is never any 100% percent security other than turning off your pc altoghether lol. While UAC in itself may be a good thing it also, at the same time, gets in the way all the time when you the user are trying to install stuff or manage your system, because it has no way of distinguishing between the user or some other interference To me, that is a feature I don't want, as I have taken other precautions to keep those malware possibilities out, in the first place. But like I said to each his own. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx