Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...
Disabling UAC is precisely the wrong thing to do. Common sense is not a cure to prevent all software vulnerabilities, and just because you use "a little common sense" does in no way make you invulnerable. Most games save their save data outside the installation directory; a user should never have to write to program files/program files (x86) ever unless they're running an installer/uninstaller/whatever. Program files/program files (x86) is a protected directory. Never disable UAC. Ever.
UAC does not "complain" when its notification setting is higher than zero. It prevents tools from performing possibly malicious actions and gives you a chance to intervene if necessary. Setting the notification slider to zero just turns that off, meaning that any application can gain elevated privileges and you'd never know it. Turning off UAC means that an application can write to pretty much anywhere on your system and you'd never know it.
As for the last point in 29, someone who does not have any knowledge about the internals of a computer should still have an administrative account if they're IT or if its a consumer device. But never, ever turn off UAC. Just don't. If you do, your opening yourself up to maliciouscode that can bypass your "common sense". "Common sense", as I said, is definitely not a cure. In fact, in 2017 CCleaner's website was hacked and CCleaner was replaced with a CCleaner that behaved almost exactly the same as the original tool. Even if you closed the application, it wouldn't actually terminate. After 10 minutes of using it would connect to its command and control server and await orders. If you didn't know this information and happened to download the malicious CCleaner binary, what would your "common sense" tell you? How exactly would it proect you from a threat you can't even see?
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