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How to disable UAC in Windows


User Account Control (UAC) is when a computer needs administrator rights, it asks the user for permission, it looks something like this:

You can disable UAC in several ways:

1) From the control panel:

Go to the control panel, go to user accounts

In the window that opens, click - change the settings for User Account Control

Next, move the slider to the bottom and click OK

Restart the computer, User Account Control is disabled.

2) From the command line:

To disable it, enter the command:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

To enable:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

After entering the commands, you have to restart the computer.

3) Using Group Policy (only if you do not have a home version of Windows):

Run gpedit.msc, and go to Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Local Policies, Security Settings.

Here you need to change the following parameters:

User Account Control: all administrators work in administrator approval mode - Enabled

User Account Control: Detecting application installation and requesting elevation of rights - Disabled

User Account Control: The Behavior of the Elevation Request for Administrators in Administrator Approval Mode - Enhancement of Rights Without Request

User Account Control: Administrator Approval Mode for Built-in Administrator Account - Disabled

After that, you need to type in the command line - gpupdate / force, UAC will be disabled.

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