Do It Today : Simple Trick To Make Vista’s UAC Less Annoying
Vista’s User Access Control is annoying albeit it helps to protect your PC. But now, there is a simple way of getting rid UAC prompts without stopping it altogether or leaving your computer at risk. This involves a registry edit, so make sure to back up your registry first. Then click Start, type regedit, and press Enter. In the left pane, select HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current-Version\Policies\System. In the right pane, double click ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin and change the value to 0. Now you will be rid of annoying UAC prompts without putting your computer at risk from malicious threats. And as always, I urge people to check out Guide To Getting Rid Of Adwares, Spywares, Viruses And Other Malicious Content Once And For All.
Jun 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I have Vista but I’m not sure what the prompts are, can you give an example?
Jun 28th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
@ Dennis
Thanks for leaving a comment. You want examples? How about this. I want to open a file(blog template) to edit it and it says whether I want to grant access to my computer. Yes I do! I want to reset my network adapter and still the annoying prompts. I want to install something and I have to go through it again.
Vista treats you like a hacker in your own computer. This trick will remove the prompts without actually turning off UAC completely.
Jun 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Oh that, the “admin permission”. Yea I never found that too too annoying.
Now if you could tell me how to turn on/off the initial need for a password to to boot up the machine…THAT would be really useful to me 🙂
Sidenote: could you possibly install a “subscribe to comments” plugin? The only way I remember to come back and check is when I see you comment on Blog Blokes blog. 🙂
Jun 29th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@ Dennis
Yep, I am working on installing that plus the CommentLuv plugin. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
You mean before your computer does POST? You have to enter into BIOS (usually you have to hold down a certain key which is on your motherboard manual). The instructions are different from motherboard to motherboard, but there is an admin password function that you can reset.
And if you ever forget your password, you can always reset your BIOS. 😉
Jun 29th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
You’re welcome 🙂
I’ll check that out, but I really don’t like messing with the innards like that.
Jul 28th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Wait, you don’t need to edit the registry to switch this off! Just go to:
1. Control Panel
2. User Accounts
3. (some option about User Access or something)
I don’t have Vista, but i did this in my friend’s house
Jul 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am
@ Addy
Yet another (more) simple way. Thanks for the heads up man!
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
You can export the .reg file from the registry and send it to us via download and it will make it easy for us. Good Job.
Aug 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am
@ Hasan
Thanks, but not all PCs reg file is same. If you try out my reg file on your PC, it won’t even boot the next time. 😉