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Yhooum
Feb 01, 2026Iron Contributor
Do you use User Account Control in Windows 11?
I personally prefer to disable User Account Control after installing a new system, mainly because I find its pop-up prompts too frequent and disruptive to work, and also partly because I feel it may ...
Nuuk
Feb 05, 2026Copper Contributor
The User Account Control is making my PC almost unusable. I did try using the lowest setting but within a day I needed to do a system restore as the whole system was unusable. I have also had a lot of other issues since installing W11 15 weeks ago.
I am constantly being informed that Thunderbird, Firefox, Photoshop and File Explorer want to make changes to my computer, even when they are not running. When the warning is triggered, the app that I am using disappears to the taskbar, File Explorer is launched and I can see the UAC thumbnail on the taskbar, but am often unable to open it with a left click.