Tweak Library – Disable “User Account Control” feature.

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Disable “User Account Control” feature.

User Account Control (UAC) is a new security component in Windows Vista. But, with this setting you can disable the prompt from regularly appearing on your screen.

Tweak for : Windows Vista

Description:

User Account Control (UAC) is a new security component in Windows Vista. When UAC is enabled, a member of the local Administrators group logs on as a standard user (like a user account in Windows XP) with their administrative privileges disabled. This helps limit malware's ability to make system-wide changes without the administrator's knowledge.

Though UAC definitely strengthens system security on Windows Vista, at times when you are logged in the capacity of Administrator, the regular UAC prompt may obstruct your work. To disable UAC apply this registry setting.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the DWORD value “EnableLUA”, in the right panel, to “0” which can disable UAC. However, if you want to enable the feature back, change the value data to “1”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Disable UAC.reg

The '.reg' file will disable User Account Control (UAC) feature.

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Enable UAC (Default).reg

The '.reg' file will enable User Account Control (UAC) feature.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

EnableLUA

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

User Account Control (UAC) feature is disabled.

User Account Control (UAC) feature is enabled by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Now go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\] and right click on DWORD value 'EnableLUA' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '0' to disable the User Account Control and click 'OK'