Lifehacker had a feature download today that caught my eye. Called TweakUAC, this utility allows you to quickly ‘quiet’ Vista’s UAC (you know, the one that keep asking if you want to allow things). There are many ways to do this already, but TweakUAC does it without a reboot, which makes it much nicer for quickly turning off and back on again.

UAC is there to protect you, so you may think that telling it not to warn you all the time is the same as turning it off. That isn’t the case. As Andrei explains on his website:

So what is the point of the “Windows needs your permission to continueâ€? messages then, if they don’t protect you from the malware, you might ask? They are there to protect you from yourself. They are there to alert you that you are about to make some change that may have more or less significant effect on the system. They are like those “Are you sure you really want to delete this fileâ€? messages, to keep you from inadvertently deleting a file by hitting the Del key accidentally…

If this sounds like something you’d like to use, drop by the website and download it, it’s free!