Tip Thursday: Disable UAC in Windows Vista

I just received my new Dell Laptop today and it came preloaded with Windows Vista.

The first thing I noticed (and ofcourse which I knew about) was the User Account Control.

User Account Control is a brand new feature in Windows Vista that lets all users to run in normal user mode without administrator privileges; something that Linux has had for quite a while now.

The good thing about this is to prevent users from messing up the PC. But, if you are the only PC user, it can get quite a bit of a pain in the neck!

Here’s how you go about disabling the same:

1. Click the Start Orb (well, that’s what the Start Menu is now called)

2. Type cmd in the search and press Enter. This will open the Command Prompt Window

3. Copy and paste this code in to the Command Prompt window

The command above sets the value of EnableLUA to 0 in the registry key

4. Restart your Computer

5. You will start to get nagging prompts to re-enable UAC, now you need to disable these prompts.

6. Click the bubble that popups up

7. At the side click “Change the way Security Center alerts me”.

8. Click “Don’t notify me and don’t display the icon”

Be warned that this makes your system more vulnerable. If you are not an advanced user you should not disable UAC.

For more tips check out this article.