User Account Control

limits rights used by applications on Microsoft Windows
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User Account Control

Summary

User Account Control is a software[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • User Account Control is the creator of Microsoft[3].
  • User Account Control's image is recorded as UAC architecture.JPG[4].
  • User Account Control's instance of is recorded as software[5].
  • User Account Control's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[6].
  • User Account Control's part of is recorded as Microsoft Windows[7].
  • User Account Control's Commons category is recorded as User Account Control[8].
  • User Account Control's partially coincident with is recorded as sudo (Windows)[9].
  • User Account Control's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/uac[10].
  • User Account Control's has effect is recorded as trust boundary[11].
  • User Account Control's icon is recorded as Windows 11 USER ACCOUNT CONTROL.png[12].

Body

Works and Contributions

User Account Control is the creator of Microsoft[3].

Why It Matters

User Account Control ranks in the top 4% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com.. github.com.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). User Account Control. Retrieved April 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/user-account-control
MLA “User Account Control.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/user-account-control.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_user-account-control_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{User Account Control}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/user-account-control}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-08}}
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