How to Disable UAC
http://live.pirillo.com/ – UAC, User Account Control, can be pretty annoying for a power user, especially when you’re asked "deny or allow" every five minutes. On top of that it has a very annoying "donk" sound that could annoy the dead.
Thakfully, there’s a simple way to disable UAC:
- Go to Control Panel
- Open User Accounts
- Remove the checkmark from the "turn user account control on/off" section
- UAC is now disabled!
Remember: UAC is there for your own safety, as it can help protect you, so it is recommended that you keep it on. Do not disable UAC unless you know what you are doing.
Oh, and don’t run as administrator all the time, like Chris does. It can open you up to a plethora of nasty problems.
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8 Comments
Limor
May 31st, 2007
at 4:51am
A quicker way to get to User Accounts:
Click ‘Start’
Click your user icon (at the top of the menu).
Et voila – User Accounts opens.
Limor
May 31st, 2007
at 4:51am
A quicker way to get to User Accounts:
Click ‘Start’
Click your user icon (at the top of the menu).
Et voila – User Accounts opens.
Rick
May 31st, 2007
at 9:46am
Yes that’s all well and good, but how do you get rid of the annoying security alert icon telling you UAC is turned off?
Rick
May 31st, 2007
at 9:46am
Yes that’s all well and good, but how do you get rid of the annoying security alert icon telling you UAC is turned off?
Shahin
June 16th, 2008
at 1:24pm
how do we go to remove the checkmark? PLZ REPLY =(
Shahin
June 16th, 2008
at 1:28pm
wait…ignore the top comment
Shahin
June 16th, 2008
at 1:29pm
when i go to any of the guard icon… we can say it… it will say type an admin password, BUT, i can’t type it in anything… HELP!!
Shahin
June 16th, 2008
at 2:28pm
ignore the top comment, what i mean is when i try to go to the section of the UAC, it won’t let me because it says please enter an Admin password and press ok, but when i tried to type the password it won’t let me, this happens to me everytime i go to an icon that has a guard.