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The User Account Control Settings of Windows might become a bit annoying. When ever we try to install any program or do an update to the system, UAC warning message pops out of nowhere! So, do you know how to get rid of this? If not, lets see how…
Why do we want to turn UAC off?
- As I said earlier, it might be irritating when it pops out every time.
- Next, it might prevent us from changing some settings like enabling write caching.
Why do we want to keep UAC on?
Do you know why we have User Account Control in windows? Its there to prevent malware from being automatically installed on our system. It works like this… Actually most of the malware in the world were installed without the consent of the user. But, if you have UAC turned on, you can reduce this problem, because it asks you when ever something tries to get installed on your system. Of course it won’t stop all the malware attacks!
Now, if your ready to take the risk, lets see how to turn it off :
- First, go to Start > Control Panel
- Then click on “User Accounts and Family Safety”
- User Accounts and Family Safety
- In the next screen, select “User Accounts”, after that click on “Change User Account Control Settings”
- Now this is the place where you can turn UAC off :
- User Account Control Settings
- There are 4 options :
1) Always notify me
2) Default – Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer
3) Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my desktop)
4) Never notify me
- To switch UAC off you need to select the last option : Never notify me
After reading the post, tell us what you did… Did you turn UAC off or did you turn it on after identifying the risks?
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UAC problems are seen on vista, annoying indeed. You are on vista right?
I don’t think we have such UAC problems with xp..
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Im on Windows 7 bro :D… yep the problem started on vista, you can do the same thing on vista, but they have only 2 options, you can either shut it down or turn it off! :D
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This is one of the irritating dailog you will face with Vista, You give your password then login to the system, but why should it again ask for this, Microsoft has kept it brain off, while coding this, Does the problem exist in Windows 7 also>?
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unfortunately yes… i think windows is not smart like linux! :D
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This was the first tweak that I did as soon as I got my Win 7 laptop. :P
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Congrats bro….. :D so, how’s windows 7?
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good to see that u talk abt windows.. yeah the UAC is really annoying and i have disabled that long back that is one of the first things i will do after installing windows OS (7 & vista)
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Ya bro… i thought of concentrating more on windows… felt a bit empty without windows! :D
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Thats good expecting some spicy tips for windows . . . :D
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Hmm simple enough. But still I want to have my UAC On :D
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A wise decision bro :D i agree with you! :D
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Vista was one big blunder from MS, i find windows 7 to be bit ok . but frankly saying i will stick to windows xp for that sake .
hehe….. thats why i jumped to linux :D