Enabling uac. How to disable UAC? And is it worth turning it off? We solve the problem using the command line

The UAC program allows you to maintain control over records and ensures the security of the OS during high-risk operations. Some users do not want to work with such a function and are looking for options on how to disable it. The rest of the article will describe methods for disabling UAC in Windows 7.

Shutdown options

UAC controls all actions carried out on behalf of the administrator, opening system programs, third-party software, and so on. In this case, a confirmation window for certain user manipulations will appear on the screen. Thus, you can protect your computer from the effects of virus software and hacker activity. Many users do not want to regularly confirm every action performed and believe that such reinsurance is unnecessary. In this case, the question arises about disabling this function. Later in the article, methods for deactivating UAC will be discussed.


Each of the methods suggested below can only be performed if you are logged in as an administrator.

Method 1: Change account settings

The most common method of disabling warnings is by setting up a user account. There are several options to open an account.


Another option for opening the desired window is "Control Panel". To do this, follow these steps:


You can also use the search bar in "Start". To do this, you need to take the following steps:


You can also open necessary tool using window "System Configuration".


The last method is the simplest. You can open the required item using the Run menu.


Method 2: "command line"

You can deactivate UAC using an open account with administrator rights. "Command line".


Method 3: Fix the registry

To disable UAC you can use "Registry Editor".


After reading this article, you will notice that there are three options for deactivating the UAC tool. All of them are not complicated and will help you quickly get rid of annoying warnings. But, before you start using any option, consider whether you should disable this feature, as this will reduce the OS's protection against malware. In any case, you can disable this function temporarily while you do some work. You can return notifications at any time, since the previously completed process is reversible.

User Account Control increases the security of the operating system by limiting the list of actions that can be performed by third-party applications and the user himself without administrator approval. These actions include: launching and installing programs, installing and uninstalling services, making changes to the registry. When asked for permission to perform a particular operation, a window is displayed in front of the user where he can confirm or reject the action.

Let's figure out how to disable User Account Control in Windows 7 in the following ways:

  • through “Account Management Settings”;
  • via the command line;
  • using the Group Policy Editor;
  • by directly editing the corresponding registry entry.

So, let's start with the simplest and most understandable option for beginners to disable UAC.

GUI

The “UserAccountControlSettings.exe” file, located in the “System32” directory for Windows of any capacity, is responsible for setting up UAC. You can call it in several ways:

  • go to the above folder and run the file “UserAccountControlSettings.exe” or insert the following line into the address bar of Explorer: “%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\UserAccountControlSettings.exe” and press Enter;

  • in the window that appears, the next time you try to change something in the system or run a program, click “Configure the issuance of such notifications”;

  • open the command interpreter window using the Win + R key combination, enter the command “UserAccountControlSettings.exe” and press Enter;

Via "Control Panel"

In the latter case, execute the following instructions.

  1. Call “Start” and click on the account avatar.

  1. In the window that opens, click on the link “Change control parameters...”.

Here you can take a more complicated route: open the “Control Panel” and follow the path circled in the screenshot above.

After confirming the action, a target window appeared in front of us with a link to the help section, a vertically located slider and a pair of buttons.

  1. Here we move the slider to the lowest position “Never notify”.

Please note that the option is designed to run a non-certified software. You should select it only when you are completely confident in the actions being performed and the absence of malware on the computer.

  1. Confirm lowering the security level to minimum by clicking “Yes”.

  1. Reboot the PC for the new settings to take effect.

Local politics

The Local Security Policy Editor allows you to manage all aspects of Windows 7 security. Let's look at how to disable UAC using this tool.

Irrelevant for the home edition of "Seven".

  1. Open the command interpreter using the Win + R keys or the button of the same name in “Start”.

  1. Enter the command “secpol.msc” into the text line and click “OK”.

  1. We agree to perform the operation.

  1. Expand the “Local Policies” section by clicking on the arrow next to the item name or highlighting it by pressing the → button located on the keyboard cursor block.

  1. We go to the “Security Settings” directory, where through context menu entry “User Account Control: all administrators work in approval mode...” call it “Properties”.

The same can be done by double clicking on the entry.

  1. Disable User Account Control by moving the trigger switch to the “Disabled” position and click “OK”.

Registry Editor

  1. Open the execution window system commands, enter the line “regedit” there and click “OK”.

  1. We confirm the operation, as before, and go to the “HKLM” branch.

  1. Move to the folder shown in the screenshot.

  1. Open the “Properties” of the “EnableUA” key through the element’s context menu or by pressing the key combination Alt + Enter.

  1. Enter “0” and click “OK”.

Command line

The fastest way to disable UAC is from the command line.

  1. Execute “cmd” in the search bar or command interpreter window.

  1. Enter the following code and execute it:
%windir%\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

As you can see, the command will change the value of the “EnableLUA” key to zero, and if the parameter is missing, it will create it. The same thing we did manually in the previous method.

Video instructions

We looked at how to disable User Account Control, found out what it is and why the operating system needs it. For “dessert” you can read the instructions in the video below.

Perhaps the most criticized feature in Microsoft operating systems since Windows Vista- This is the so-called User Account Control (UAC). Initially, User Account Control was conceived with a good purpose - to protect users (especially beginners) from incorrect actions when using a computer. All Vista and 7 users have at least once encountered a darkened screen and a pop-up window asking whether to allow this or that program to run or not to allow it?... However, this function is so annoying with its intrusiveness that sooner or later the user thinks about how to disable this damned UAC! In this lesson, we will look at how to disable User Account Control, and I will also try to clearly explain how to disable User Account Control, and why you should not disable this function.

The real essence of the problem...

First, let's dive a little into history, I will try to describe truthfully and I hope it will be interesting to you.

A long time ago... When there was no Windows yet, and the operating system was a bunch of files that together displayed letters on a very black background on the small convex screen of a simple monitor. And this operating system was called UNIX. The developers of this operating system were people of far from average intelligence, and in advance, very shrewdly, took care of the security of the user’s work, giving each user of the system an advanced set of rights (this is called separation of user rights). And there was one super administrator over each of these systems, who could distribute these rights to other users. And ordinary users could only perform their narrowly focused tasks, with the consent of the super administrator, so as not to “do anything weird” in the system.

And then... Suddenly, somewhere in the American wilderness, one cunning folk craftsman appeared, with the slogan: “A computer for every housewife!” began to selflessly make his dream come true by creating his own simple and convenient operating system. Trying in every possible way to please these same housewives (so that they would buy more), the cunning guy decided not to think about security, as long as nothing irritated the housewives, as long as they bought more computers with this very operating system. As a result, the operating system came out super-convenient, and every housewife, working with it, felt like a cool administrator, and the cunning American guy practically managed to make his dream come true - most housewives got hooked on his operating system, not even wanting to hear about anything friend. And he made a lot of money from housewives, that cunning American guy.

Some housewives even decided to read smart books, all from the same cunning guy, and in the end they learned to write programs for his operating system, which were just as convenient. However, the housewives, obeying their teacher, still did not pay enough attention to safety when writing their programs. After all, a student very rarely, and almost never, surpasses his teacher in terms of knowledge.

And then, quite a few other cunning guys, who are popularly called hackers, at first, just to prove that they, too, are not born with bastards, and then they decided that they were no less cunning than that American guy - they decided to write for his operating system These little programs are called viruses. And the guys liked this idea, because viruses were easily written for a system that lacked security. And the housewives began to write angry letters, criticizing, and so on, when they met, to scold the cunning guy, saying that he collected money, cheated the whole world, but did nothing to prevent malicious viruses from getting onto the computers of housewives.

The cunning guy became thoughtful, sat down on his American heap, scratched his “turnip”, and realized his mistake, but it was too late. The trouble was that housewives became related to computers, got used to its comfortable system, and did not want any more innovations, but only wanted to be mistresses with administrative rights over their computers, which viruses successfully used, having the same rights in computers, like housewives. Hackers realized the benefits of such rights, and more than ever they began to pester housewives, now not for the sake of interest but for profit, clearing their electronic wallets, blocking screens and extorting money, making money from spam and selling stolen information, trying to become just as rich like that smart American guy.

And the cunning American guy decided to remember his youth and his insightful teachers, and force housewives to observe the division of rights in the system, and to throw away their stupid programs that only work with administrative rights, calling them obsolete. And the cunning guy created his own miracle of programming art, called Windows Vista. And he wrote this miracle as best he could. Without asking housewives for consent. And the housewives were offended by this miracle and did not buy it, because the cunning American guy had overdone it. And the guy, in turn, was offended by the housewives and said that he would no longer write operating systems, and retired into oblivion...

And he left his farm in the care of another cunning, bald man a guy who loves to make faces,and still show his tongue as if he were a minor. And another cunning guy tried to correct the mistakes of the first one, and make peace with the housewives, bringing to fruition the operating system, called the Seven. But as before, housewives do not want to be simple users. They liked the rule.

But there is also another operating system from an equally smart Finnish guy. Everything in it remains as in UNIX, and you can’t even copy a file without logging in to the system. And the rights are clearly stated there. And there are practically no viruses written for it, because the Finnish guy thought about security from the very beginning. It’s just that housewives don’t use this system and it doesn’t work out. Linux - the system is called...

This is such a sad life story...

Take care of your safety!

If in the first part of the article I still did not convince you that the decision to disable UAC was wrong, then go ahead and disable it. But blame yourself!

The very first thing you need to know before parting with UAC without regret is: is to install one, normal, adequate antivirus. Please do not regard it as advertising, but I will only recommend to you one of these three: Kaspersky, NOD 32, or Dr. WEB (I’ll finally put an end to questions from dear readers of this blog about “which antivirus to install”). I don’t recommend installing an antivirus from a bourgeois company - they have their own programs, their own viruses, and often overseas products do not provide the same level of protection as our local ones.

Free “antiviruses” are from the evil one, especially for beginners, and please don’t throw tomatoes at me... I understand that it’s a pity to spend money on a license, and often there is none at all... But that’s why they’re free free antiviruses, that no one wants to give money for them, because this is just a calm for the nerves - they say the antivirus is installed, the rest is complete pampering.

I’ll probably throw a couple of rotten tomatoes towards the “hyped” Microsoft Security Essentials- in fact, some free antiviruses (Avast for example) will be many times better (but don’t delude yourself too much). Believe me, Microsoft is by no means the company that will give away something worthwhile for free. They have really effective security and antivirus products (for large corporations), but they cost a lot of money...

Let's assume that the antivirus is installed on your system, otherwise, if you disable UAC, you will soon have problems. But before I tell you how to disable User Account Control, I want to answer a frequently asked question, namely:

How to disable UAC in Windows XP?

Windows XP never had and does not have User Account Control. So if you have XP installed, you don’t have to read this article further...

How to disable UAC in Windows Vista?

Windows Vista, in my opinion, is generally some kind of misunderstanding... If you are (still) a proud and lonely user of this truly unique masterpiece of a well-known American corporation, you probably know well how much trouble the UAC function gives you, and how often a little Is it not after every mouse click that this annoying window rises somewhere from the deep, heavy depths of this miracle of programming art, trying to control you everywhere. So, if you are tormented by User Account Control notifications in Windows Vista, disable this unobtrusive service in Russian...

Disabling... step by step

  1. Click Start
  2. Go to Control Panel
  3. Click on User Accounts
  4. Find the link Enable or disable User Account Control (UAC) and click on it.
  5. Uncheck the option "Use User Account Control (UAC) to protect your computer"
  6. Click "OK"
  7. Restart your computer

Everything... It's finished. Account control Windows entries Vista is disabled completely and forever! All viruses now have the same administrator rights as you, and now you can only rely on the conscientious work of the anti-virus laboratory employees.

How to disable UAC in Windows 7?

Many of you prefer to disable User Account Control (UAC) to turn off supposedly annoying notifications. If there are accounts on the computer without administrator privileges, then the most correct option would be to disable UAC, only for accounts with administrator privileges.

To do this, you need to use the Local Security Policy snap-in:

1) Click the button Start, in the search bar enter the command secpol.msc and press the key Enter.
2) Open Local Policies -> Security Settings
3) Double click on User Account Control: Elevation Prompt Behavior for Administrators in Admin Approval Mode
4) In the drop-down list, select Promotion without request and press the button OK.
5) Close the snap Local Security Policy and restart your computer.

It is easier to disable UAC in Windows 7, and in Vista too, via msconfig, while logged into the system under an account with administrator rights (This is for housewives)

  1. Click Win+R, enter msconfig, press Enter.
  2. Go to the tab "Service"
  3. Finding the line "Setting up User Account Control" and left-click to select it.
  4. Click on the button "Run"
  5. Closing the snap-in
  6. Reboot the computer

This is how the article turned out. Questions are welcome, comments too. Good luck to you!

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User Account Control (UAC) is a component (first introduced in Windows Vista) that asks for confirmation of actions that require administrator rights, used to protect against unauthorized use of the computer.

Everyone after installing Windows 7 at startup, installing programs was faced with a pop-up window asking permission to make changes to the computer - and this annoys many, in this article I want to describe step by step how to disable the annoying pop-up window.


First of all, I’ll say that by turning off User Account Control (UAC) you are reducing the level of your computer’s protection from various threats, so think twice about whether this is worth doing. It is described at the end of the article. If you are determined to turn it off, I suggest you consider several options on how to do this.

1 way to disable User Account Control (UAC)

Click "Start" in line Find programs and files write the word UAC click on "Changes to User Account Control settings."

In the window that opens, lower the slider to the very bottom and click "OK".

This way you will disable annoying windows from popping up.

2 way to disable User Account Control (UAC).

Go to the Control Panel, to do this, click “Start - Control Panel”

Select "Small Icons" and click on "User Accounts".


After that click "Changes to User Account Control settings".




In the window that opens, lower the slider and click "OK".

UAC is disabled.

Table depending on the choice of parameter and its impact on computer security.

Parameter Safety Impact

Always notify

    This is the most secure option.

    When a notification is displayed, you must carefully review the contents of the dialog box before allowing or disabling changes.

Notify only when programs attempt to make changes to the computer
  • In most cases, you can allow the change Windows settings without notice, as this will not lead to a noticeable reduction in security. However, some programs that come with Windows can send commands and data. Malicious programs can use such software to install files and change computer settings. Therefore, you should always be careful about which programs you can allow to run on your computer.

Notify only when programs attempt to make changes to the computer (do not dim the desktop)

    This setting is similar to the "Notify only when programs try to make changes to your computer" setting, but it does not display notifications on the secure desktop.

    Because the User Account Control dialog box is not present on the secure desktop when you use this setting, some programs may interfere with the User Account Control dialog box. If a malicious program is already running on the computer, the level of security in this case is practically not reduced.

Never notify

    This is the least secure option. Disabling User Account Control puts your computer's security at risk.

    In this case, you should be careful about the programs you launch, as they are granted similar access permissions to your computer, including permissions to read and change protected files. system partitions, personal data, saved files and any other data stored on the computer. In addition, such programs will be able to exchange data with any devices connected to the computer (including via the Internet).

Annoying User Account Control pop-up messages often plague regular Windows users. UAC tries to improve security so that your computer is not in danger, but it turns out that with its constant alerts it only pushes you away. No matter how much the operating system wants to protect users' computers, sometimes excessive protection becomes very annoying, and it becomes necessary to disable it.

What is Windows UAC

Windows UAC is all about controlling your accounts. For the user, it serves as protection, monitors the compatibility of old programs, helps us protect ourselves from viruses, unwanted programs that may run on us, and various applications. Windows UAC works all the time. Every time you launch a program on your computer, the control will interrupt the launch and a window will pop up asking if the system is allowed to open the desired program. If you do not have administrator rights, the system will ask you to enter a password.

An example of what the popup message looks like:

Why you shouldn't completely turn off protection

Unfortunately, this technology only causes irritation for the user. Despite the fact that UAC increases the security of your PC, it does not allow you to start malware and protects against viruses; users do not like annoying notifications that interfere with their work. The main reason why you need to disable control is the need to work with several programs at the same time. In this case, UAC will begin to irritate and interfere with your work.
Microsoft does not recommend disabling the monitoring service entirely because there is a risk of accidentally running spyware or downloading viruses that can quickly infect your computer and entire operating system. After all, enabling UAC in Windows was purely for security purposes.

Disabling a service in Control Panel

UAC is enabled on the system by default. Let's figure out how to turn off annoying notifications using the control panel.

  1. Right-click on Start and select “Control Panel”.
  2. A window opens where we see all the elements of the control panel. Among them we find “User Accounts”.
  3. Click “Change UAC settings”.
  4. Here we see the Account Control settings. To turn off the protection, move the slider to the very bottom, to the fourth point.
  5. After this, reboot the PC.

How to turn off using a registry file

  1. To open the Registry Editor, right-click on Start and select “Run” from the list.
  2. In the window that opens, write the regedit command. Confirm the action by clicking “OK”.
  3. Now in the registry editor we look for the System folder, to which we need to go. Folder path: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. On the right side of the window we look for EnableLUA.
  4. Click on it twice and wait for the line to pop up. In it we change the value from 1 to 0. Click “OK”.
  5. After this, a warning immediately pops up, requiring you to restart your PC. User Account Control will be disabled completely.
  6. Reboot the computer.

How to enable/disable a service using the command line

Disabling and enabling UAC is also possible through the console.

Is it possible to turn off UAC through the PowerShell console

Setting up UAC

There are four levels of protection in the control settings. Scroll them with your mouse wheel and on the right side you can read the description for any of the four parameters.

  • The first point will always enable UAC to protect your system. If any change occurs in it, a warning message will definitely pop up. If unknown programs try to influence your computer, potentially unsafe software will be installed, applications from suspicious manufacturers will begin to launch, and the control system will notify you on an ongoing basis. Regular users, if they are not administrators, will need to confirm their actions by entering a password.
  • Second-level protection will only work in cases where unknown programs try to perform actions on the system. The settings state that notifications should appear only when applications attempt to make changes to the computer - this setting is built into Windows by default. This means that the user himself does not make any changes to the system, and control monitors the actions of programs.
  • The third option has no special differences from the second. The user's screen will simply stop darkening. With these settings, UAC will only alert you when applications try to make changes to your computer. If you set these settings, viruses will already be able to threaten the security of your computer.
  • The last, fourth item “Do not notify me” can completely disable protection on your PC. It will not bother you with pop-up messages, it will allow you to calmly change your computer settings and open any program without the intervention of User Account Control.

    If you choose this option, you will no longer receive any notifications from the control system. The parameter itself indicates that it is not recommended to disable protection.

Video: how to disable User Account Control in Windows 10

If you want to take a closer look at disabling and configuring UAC in Windows 10, you can watch the video that explains how it's done.

Correctly set User Account Control settings can ensure the desired level of PC security. The main thing to remember is that UAC is a way to protect your system and keep it safe. Control was activated to protect against viruses and malware; you can always turn it back on, and then you won’t have to worry about your system.



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