Windows Vista - Wednesday, January 2, 2008 4:41 - 0 Comments

Disabling UAC

Well, UAC is there for a reason–if your computer got infected by some malware and this malware tried to run an admin tool, the UAC prompt would appear to warn you that someone (you? malware?) is trying to run a tool designed only for administrators. And a UAC prompt when you don’t expect it would be a sure sign that something’s gotten into your machine’s innards.

Still, some users (especially sysadmins) are likely to find these UAC prompts annoying at best, so here’s how to disable UAC on your machine:

1. Open Administrative Tools in Control Panel

2. Double-click on System Configuration

3. Click Continue to accept the UAC prompt

4. Select the Tools tab

5. Scroll down and select Disable UAC

6. Click Launch

7. Reboot your machine

Note that you may not be able to disable UAC if Group Policy configured for enforcing UAC on your computers.

Article written by MyComputerAid.com