For years, Windows users have been allowed to essentially ignore the responsibilities of security while having to deal with the consequences of insecurity. Windows XP has always had the requisite ...

The first thing I did after I installed Windows Vista was disable User Account Control—it’s pretty much the most annoying OS feature I’ve ever dealt with. Microsoft’s Chief Security Advisor in ...

Keeping your Windows system secure is vital for the operating system on your PC, and it takes some time and diligence.

Jon DeVaan, Windows core operating system senior vice president, and Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president of Windows, said in a blog posting that Microsoft will increase the protection around the ...

If Windows users with normal user rights call up certain programs or, for example, the repair function of MSI installers after installing the August updates, they now receive a user account control ...