1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,170 User Account Control. 2 00:00:03,170 --> 00:00:05,330 I mentioned User Account Control briefly before, 3 00:00:05,330 --> 00:00:06,470 but we're going to cover it a little bit more 4 00:00:06,470 --> 00:00:07,900 in depth in this lesson. 5 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,560 First, let me ask you, how do you 6 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,060 log into your computer each day? 7 00:00:11,060 --> 00:00:12,600 Are you logged in as an administrator, 8 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,690 or are you logged in as a normal user? 9 00:00:14,690 --> 00:00:16,680 For me, I log in as a normal user, 10 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,500 and I only go to my administrator account 11 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:19,970 when I need to do something that an 12 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:21,080 administrator would have to do. 13 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,160 Like, install a program, remove a program, 14 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,890 or something else like that. 15 00:00:24,890 --> 00:00:27,140 Now, user account control, or UAC, 16 00:00:27,140 --> 00:00:29,460 is a security component inside of Windows, 17 00:00:29,460 --> 00:00:31,900 that keeps every user in standard user mode, 18 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:34,130 instead of acting like administrator user. 19 00:00:34,130 --> 00:00:35,390 Now, the only exception to this, 20 00:00:35,390 --> 00:00:37,640 is if you're logged in as the administrator account. 21 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,350 That default administrator that's created by Windows. 22 00:00:40,350 --> 00:00:42,270 For that reason, I recommend disabling the 23 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:43,990 administrator account and logging in 24 00:00:43,990 --> 00:00:46,120 as a standard user each time. 25 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,670 Now, there are two main benefits 26 00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:50,410 to using UAC, or User Account Control. 27 00:00:50,410 --> 00:00:52,640 The first one, is it eliminates unnecessary 28 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,880 admin level requests for Windows resources. 29 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,340 If you're browsing the internet, 30 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:58,450 you probably don't need admin level rights to do it. 31 00:00:58,450 --> 00:01:00,920 And so, UAC keeps you as a user level, 32 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,120 until something that requires admin level comes to play. 33 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,140 Number two, it's going to reduce the risk of malware, 34 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:08,590 because it's going to force you to be using 35 00:01:08,590 --> 00:01:09,920 that user level credentials. 36 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,460 If you were browsing around using admin level privileges, 37 00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:14,730 this can cause system issues, because the malware 38 00:01:14,730 --> 00:01:16,370 will be running as an admin, 39 00:01:16,370 --> 00:01:17,960 and you don't want that to happen. 40 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,550 So what does UAC look like? 41 00:01:19,550 --> 00:01:20,890 Well, if you try to run a program, 42 00:01:20,890 --> 00:01:23,260 or do something that requires admin level permissions, 43 00:01:23,260 --> 00:01:26,320 this box will show up, and you simply have to click yes, 44 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,170 and it will let you go and run that as an admin, 45 00:01:28,170 --> 00:01:29,710 if you're an administrative user. 46 00:01:29,710 --> 00:01:32,910 But normally, everything else is going to be run as a user. 47 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:34,740 Now, some people don't like UAC, 48 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:36,010 and they want to turn it off. 49 00:01:36,010 --> 00:01:36,960 Can you turn it off? 50 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:37,810 Well, yes. 51 00:01:37,810 --> 00:01:41,110 You can turn off UAC by disabling it from the control panel. 52 00:01:41,110 --> 00:01:43,540 That said, I don't recommend doing that. 53 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:45,400 UAC is there for your benefit. 54 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,510 It's there to increase the security of your system, 55 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:49,130 and it should be used to make sure 56 00:01:49,130 --> 00:01:51,710 you're operating as a user, at all times, 57 00:01:51,710 --> 00:01:53,910 except for when you need to run as an admin.