Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been responsible for generating a significant amount of anti-Vista vitriol, mainly because of the large number of alerts is has been known to ...

UAC boosts security by reducing application privileges from administrative to standard levels to minimize damage caused by exploits, and gives users the chance to approve or disapprove changes to ...