How to turn off User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista

User Account Control can be annoying, but it’s an extra layer of protection that protects your computer from viruses, hackers, and poorly written software.

UAC lets you know when someone or something is trying to change a setting or install/uninstall software on your computer. It also removes administrative rights from software making it harmless to critical system files and services.

Before UAC, settings could be changed and software could be installed/uninstalled without you knowing. Software running under an account with admin rights also had full admin rights which gave it full access to critical system files and services.

You must be logged in as a user with admin rights to turn UAC off.

1. Click the Start orb and select Control Panel.
2. Click Classic View on the left side of the Control Panel.
3. Open User Accounts.
4. Click Turn User Account Control on or off.
5. Uncheck Use User Account Control and then click OK.
6. Restart your computer.

Tags: account, Computer, control panel, critical system files, how to, restart, system, uac, Uninstall, user accounts, Windows, windows vista

This entry was posted on Monday, April 7th, 2008 at 3:17 am and is filed under Windows Vista. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Related posts

• Vista does not recognise my USB flash drive (0)
• Uninstalling Vista Product Keys Activates the Platform’s Kill Switch (0)
• Uninstall a Driver in Windows Vista (1)
• How To Deal with Uninstall Problems in Windows (0)
• Fix Windows and Internet Explorer Missing Files (0)
• Delete files using Disk Cleanup (0)
• Windows SteadyState for Vista and XP (1)
• Windows Automatically Restart (3)
• What is WMPNSCFG.exe? and why it is running? in vista (1)
• User Account Protection for vista (0)
• Should I install ActiveX controls? (0)
• Optimize Windows Vista for better performance (1)
• Making 64-bit Vista SP1 Say It’s Vista SP1 (0)
• Make Room for Windows XP SP3 (0)
• Install Vista without Setting It Up (0)
• How to Perform Disk Defragment Windows Vista from the Command Line (0)
• How to Get Your Computer to Boot Faster (0)
• How To Disable Windows Vista’s User Account Control (0)
• How To Delete Your Windows Vista Logon Password (3)
• How To Clear Your Memory Without Restarting (3)
• How To Automatically Log On To a User Account in Windows Vista (0)
• How Processor Speed Is Reported to a Computer (3)
• Hardware Restrictions In Vista (0)
• Freeup Memory In One Click With Instant Memory Cleaner (0)
• Fix hibernate after running disk cleanup (4)