Configure User Account Control (uac)

[JSKY]

Configure User Account Control (UAC)

UAC should never be turned off. Follow these suggestions for changing UAC settings.

This will cut down on alerts, but still keep you safe.

The following procedures step you through the tasks of disabling Admin Approval Mode, disabling UAC from prompting for credentials to install applications, and changing the elevation prompt behavior.

Disable Admin Approval Mode

Use the following procedure to disable Admin Approval Mode.

To perform the following procedure, you must be logged into a client computer as a local administrator.

To disable Admin Approval Mode

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open text box, and then click OK.

2. If UAC is currently active, a User Account Control dialog box will appear. If so, verify that the details presented match the request you initiated, and click Continue.

3. From the Local Security Settings console tree, click Local Policies, and then click Security Options.

4. Scroll down and double-click User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode.

5. From the User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode Properties dialog box, click Disabled, and then click OK.

6. Close the Local Security Settings window.

Disable User Account Control from prompting for credentials to install applications

Use the following procedure to disable UAC from prompting for credentials to install applications.

To perform the following procedure, you must be logged into a client computer as a local administrator.

To disable UAC from prompting for credentials to install applications

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open text box, and then click OK.

2. From the Local Security Settings console tree, click Local Policies, and then Security Options.

3. Scroll down and double-click User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation.

4. From the User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation Properties dialog box, click Disabled, and then click OK.

5. Close the Local Security Settings window.

Change the elevation prompt behavior

Use the following procedure to change the elevation prompt behavior for UAC.

To perform the following procedure, you must be logged into a client computer as a local administrator.

To change the elevation prompt behavior

1. Click Start, click Accessories, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open text box, and then click OK.

2. From the Local Security Settings console tree, click Local Policies, and then Security Options.

3. Scroll down to and double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators or User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users.

4. From the drop-down menu, select one of the following settings:

• No prompt

• Prompt for credentials (this setting requires user name and password input before an application or task will run as elevated, and is the default for standard users)

• Prompt for consent (this is the default setting for administrators only)

5. Click OK.

6. Close the Local Security Settings window.

[jasonlh]

It's important to point out that those procedures won't work on either of the home versions, only business or better.