Vista Annoyance #1: User Account Control (And How To Remove It)
 | by Jennifer on May 6th, 2008 |
A few days back we published our community’s Top 5 Vista Annoyances. Our number one was the User Account Control. User Account Control (UAC) is a new security component in Windows Vista. It enables users to perform common tasks as non-administrators, called standard users on Windows Vista, and as administrators without having to switch users, log off, or use Run As…
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work quite like Microsoft describes. What it does is, when you want to install a program, Vista tells you it “Must have permission to run this program”, then you click, and you go on your merry way. I found it a pain. Here is where you turn it off (I found it after much hunting and cussing):
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
- In the User Accounts window, click User Accounts.
- In the User Accounts tasks window, click Turn User Account Control on or off.
- If UAC is currently configured in Admin Approval Mode, the User Account Control message appears.
- Click Continue.
- Clear the Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer check box, and then click OK.
- Click Restart Now to apply the change right away, or click Restart Later and close the User Accounts tasks window.
You will now be good to go, and won’t get that nagging message anymore. Is there any Vista Annoyance you’d like to see addressed? Let me know in the comments.
May 6th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Hey Jennifer,
Yeah, My Pet Peeve is the stupid hover to activate a new window. I turned it off and still does it.
I ended up activating the function and sometimes it does it and sometimes it doesn’t?
Suggestions?
Thanks
May 6th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Oh, BTW say Hi to Phil for me.
You know the smiley, huggy guy!