Technology Q&A

A question on how to stop, or at least make less annoying, requests for permission to add or change software is answered. In general, it's best not to tinker with the User Account Control (UAC) settings. However, if you generally don't install new software and only visit familiar Web sites, you can safely modify UACs to be less intrusive. To access the settings, either go to Control Panel, User Accounts or click on Start and type UAC in the search box. Then, under Action Center, click on Change UAC settings. That will bring up the UAC Settings screen, which contains a slider you can set at any of four settings. Tom Glogau, a CPA with Grove, Mueller & Swank PC in Salem, OR, wrote to the author that he has no trouble linking an Excel file to a Word document. But he was initially baffled when he tried to do the same thing with just a single cell from a worksheet.