3 Quick and Easy Ways to Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista
I just had the pleasure of setting up another computer, the third one this month. One of the first things I always do is turn off UAC.
UAC is very annoying, but disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system. You have been warned!
Method 1 – Using the Control Panel:
- Open up Control Panel and go the the user accounts.
- You’ll see a link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”, click it.
- On the next screen you need to uncheck the box for “Use User Account Control (UAC)”, and then click on the OK button.
- Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
Method 2 – Using MSCONFIG:
- Launch MSCONFIG by from the Run menu.
- Click on the Tools tab and scroll down till you find “Disable UAC”.
- Click on that line and press the “Launch” button.
- A CMD window will open, wai till it is done then close the window.
- Close MSCONFIG and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
Method 3 – Using Regedit:
- Open the Registry Editor, by typing “regedit” in the run box of the start menu.
- In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
- Locate the following value (DWORD): EnableLUA and give it a value of 0.
- Close Registry Editor and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
That’s it, now you save your mouse a couple of hundred clicks per day… ;)
