GeekByte: Turn off User Account Control in Windows Vista

If you have Windows Vista you’ll know that whenever you try to do dern near anything you get a message asking if you are absolutely positively sure that you want to continue. That annoying little message is due to a feature in Vista called User Account Control (UAC). It’s supposed to be helpful by helping you make sure there are no changes made to your computer that you don’t want changed. Yeah yeah, security, blah blah blah. Granted it might be helpful in the event of a virus or spyware infection, but urges such as wanting to shoot your computer with a grenade launcher should not be encouraged. UAC is one of the first things I turn off after I load Vista. If those messages are driving you mad, UAC is really simple to disable.

Click on Start, click on Control Panel, and choose User Accounts. A new window will open with the title “Make changes to your user account.” The very bottom link in that window is “Turn User Account Control on or off.” Click on that link. Uncheck the checkbox titled “User User Account (UAC) to help protect your computer” and click the OK button. You can close the User Accounts window.