LKBEN10715: Howto disable user account control (uac) using the windows control panel
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Symptom
You do not change a user account and deactivate user account control for a specified user
Cause
UAC can nerve.
Solution
Windows Vista has a built-in feature to reduce the potential of attacs to the system. It does this by the User Account Control, also called UAC. This forces the users of the local administrator group to run programs as normal users with no administrative rights.
To disable this feature you can use the control panel. Open control panel, click on the user accounts and click on "Go to the main User Accounts page". Click on the "Change security settings". Here you can uncheck the checkbox "use user account control to help protect your computer". Now click OK.
You will be prompted to reboot so the changed can be applied.
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.