Friday, March 27, 2009

Tame (turn off) User Account Control

Get Sick of Seeing This?
The UAC prompt appears whenever you attempt something that requires administrator privileges.

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Fine-Tune Instead
If you're using the Ultimate or Business edition of Vista, open the Local Security Policy editor (in theStart menu search box, type secpol.msc). Expand the Local Policies branch, click Security Options, and then double-click the User Account Control: Behavior of the Elevation Prompt setting. Choose Elevate without prompting to skip the UAC window, or Prompt for credentials to toughen security by requiring a password each time.



Turn Off UAC
Still want to turn it off? In Control Panel, open User Accounts. If your username is marked "Administrator," you can turn off UAC by clicking theTurn User Account Control on or off link. Once UAC is off, Vista is in permanent administrator mode—less annoying, for sure, but easier for spyware to infiltrate.

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