Don't take this as me complaining about UAC. On the contrary, I like what it provides. Personally, I don't think I need it, since I haven't been affected by a virus since I don't know when; but that's not the point. I'd rather keep it on since I haven't reached the point of total aggravation, yet. I was thinking of a simple shortcut to get around it, tho. I can even provide a simple analogy that most people will understand and relate to. Anyone who's been using the web for more than 3-5 years has probably been annoyed by browser popups. What did we do about this? We created popup blockers. Well, what is UAC if not a popup? Granted, I have to admit that a UAC popup is much better than a browser popup. So, popup blockers are great and all, but what happens when you want the popup? You held down Shift or Ctrl when clicking on the link and it worked just fine. This is what UAC needs, in my opinion. Windows does a good job of telling you about when UAC will popup by providing the shield icon on buttons and next to links. When I'm about to click one of these, I'd like to be able to hold the Windows key, for instance, to bypass UAC. I think this would make life a little easier and more tolerable for those of us who know when to bypass UAC beforehand.