Hello,I am in the process of reloading my flightsim computer, and need some input. Historically, I have always disabled the UAC system on my Vista and Win7 installations. No muss, no fuss, no problems. Between my hardware firewall, AV software, and my own knowledge of what to do and what not to do, I've been security problem free for years. Now, I need to plan on another person using this computer at any time (*my fiancee). The idea of UAC is now important to me, as I will no longer have the luxury of being the only person to use the computer with absolute control over what is being done on it. To start the conversation, it should be known that I *always* install flightsim to a different drive than default, never mind just a different directory. It'll be kept outside of the "Program Files" umbrella for certain. Do I need to be concerned about addons which also like to install to "Program Files" as well? Should those be placed elsewhere too?Are there any strange or quirky behaviours of UAC as it relates to MSFS which I should be aware of before I begin?Granted, I can turn it off at any time if I need to, but I'm just looking for general input on any tips, tricks, or pitfalls which might be useful to know going into it. Thanks in advance,-Greg

Greg - it would seem to me that you need to set up different users. She has UAC enabled and you do not. Set up the Flightsim and anything else that is specifically "your" program as installed for your username only. She will not have access to it.There are lots of things you can do with permissions and ownership in W7. Read the help and gooogle it a bit - it's not that complicated.You 'could' get her her own system you know and not worry about it. :( Vic

UAC is a system dependant option and not a user dependant option. So creating another user isn't going to change the UAC behaviour.If you want to steer clear of UAC you have to indeed install games etc outside program files and preferrably on a different partition then the OS.Another option is to give her limited user rights in the computer.Make your own account the admin account.That way she can't do harm that can't be reverted.

Unlike VISTA turning off Win 7 UAC dies not remove all of those security features according to tests run by PC Magazine (Digital Edition).I'd keep all applications that involve flightsim interacting add-ons and FS itself outside of any program files folder tree as communications among them which might involve disk writes must be bidirectional for many. In addition, some security applications have heuristic algorithms that if they see to frequent disk writes to certain areas they assume the application doing the writing is malware. Set FS and add-ons as trusted programs for your PC zone and for those that read/write from the Internet.In the Radar Contact Forum here at AVSIM look at a couple of threads pinned at the top dealing with access errors and security policies.