Which is Worse, UAC Nagging People or People Nagging about UAC?

29 Feb 2008

In yet another session of having a friend moan about Vista at me because I work for Microsoft, I thought I would do the entire world a favor and post this nice, tiny little tutorial. So you hate User Access Control (UAC) I get it, many do. But seriously folks, it takes 2 seconds to disable it, don’t let it ruin your Vista experience!

I still think it’s awesome for people who should use a computer sitting on their hands because they can’t help but click everything they see….. but you don’t want it, okie dokie, let’s get rid of it.

Click the fancy Windows key on your keyboard, you know, the one you never use. When the menu comes up, in the “Start Search” box, type in “msconfig” and it will show up under “Programs” in the menu, click it and it will launch an app that looks like this (after you tell it you are sure.. I know, I know):

Select the “Tools” tab and then find “Disable UAC” in the list and choose “Launch”

Let it run it’s command prompt reg hack goodness, and you might have to restart, but when you are back, BANG, no more UAC. For one addition tip, go into the “Windows Security Center” in the Control Panel, select “Change the way Security Center Alerts me”

When you select, a dialog pops up and you can choose the way in which Vista will or will not warn you that you have disabled user access control, firewall or antivirus messages.