How to Disable the UAC in Windows Vista

[SheriffHaribo]

That is one INSANE resolution.

[JakeEricson]

@SheriffHaribo Looks like 1080. He just made RocketDock tiny.

[mannfaesto]

FUNKIN TALK LOUDER!!!

[maadd100]

When the UAC pops up and asks me if i want the program to donwload files to the computer, I click "yes", then the screen dims and stays that way for a few minutes, then it takes me back to the beginning, solutions?

[MinecraftAssassins]

YAY MY SHIT COMPUTER DOSNT HAVE ANY OF THIS SHIT ANY SUGESIONS OTHER THAN BUY A NEW COMPUTER

[XxPetranskixX]

Helpp Error Says debug 2 exe cant Find

[EVILROBOTNIKMASTER4]

THUS THIS THIS CAUSE ANY VIRUS OR BAD CRASHES?

[xunkownx499]

my user account control has a password i dont know. how can i still get rid of it?!?!

[Saver212]

@xunkownx499 goto user control panel then user account then find the Acc you have pass and change pass or remove pass Thats all!

[STVYT]

I can understand the frustrations regarding the prompts, but here are some things to SERIOUSLY consider before you disable User Account Control:

1. Disabling UAC is losing more than just Yes/No Continue/Cancel prompts. Registry protection, and other background security enhancements are enabled with it. Why do you want to cut your security back down to an XP level and automatically give applications the green light to potentially ruin your OS?

2. UAC is in Windows 7 and is essentially the same.

[pretzelstickz]

Thankyou soooo much :)

[ytxcg]

my vista never got blue screen. 2 years already.

[TheEvilcontroller]

can you switch them back on on once you have turned them off

[DjTrafel]

UAC means United Arabic Countries so u must disable it before ur computer blows up! lol jk

(thumbs up for that joke!) :P

[Rimon124]

@DjTrafel hey im from irak don't say that my feelings get hurt

[DjTrafel]

@Rimon124 lol, im from algeria so...

[Rimon124]

@DjTrafel but think before u say stuff

[Trunder500]

fuck UAC

[qx4n9e1xp]

disabling UAC doenst help my problem,

even after turning it off, my problem gets worse

with trying to make changes on my PC,

i use advanced system care 3 to make my PC run

faster, it works, and also move around files on

my harddrive, but i need administrator privilage

to run it and do the changes to files, im standard

i want to find out how to disable the administrator

privilage thing while being a standard user,

any1 else agree?

[DaMumpsHouse]

all my ways are blocked by my parental controls plz help

[digitalmasterdata]

cool, i descover that thing by my self a time ago, but that was really anoying me ! lol

[d1v3rs1ty2]

ur such a legend rated 5

[TheTechGameTTG]

FUCK THIS MOTHERFUCKING SHIT!

FUCK U MICROSOFT WITH UR GAY FUCK PATCHES!

Bill Gates I will fucking shoot u in the balls, and I will knife ur little pubes off, then I will have my dog suck ur left nut, then he'll bite it and then you'll have no balls, you'll lose all of ur fame, then you'll be like Justin Bieber,

FUCK U BILL GATES! this is patched :(

[tekinak007]

@TheTechGameTTG There is medication available for people like you.

[REBMV4U]

What do you do if your not administrator, please respond fairly fast, thanks :)

[tekinak007]

@REBMV4U How is that fast responce going? being that we are now 1 month after your unanswered post :P

[tekinak007]

@REBMV4U How is that fast responce going? being that we are now 1 month after your unanswered post :P

[superevilguyman]

how do you bypass it when your not an adminatrator

[ompakt]

Thx i had to do this to play left 4 dead 2

[iHazutbacc]

OMG THANKS mAAN!!! D:D:D: <3 LUV

[BulgarianBoy1]

Umm...yah how do i do that if THE FUCKING CONTROL PANEL WON'T OPEN >:@

[avatarcollides2day]

my uac is the fucking worst!

i need a username and password!

also theres some fuck shit called enter smart card

[iBallen09]

thanks. it was easy to follow

[aweezy509]

wow thnks manthis was way better than other ppls.

[luislepe1]

dam you must have a big screen

[andreslumty]

thanks!---Very good--

5/5

[lumifax]

uac sucks horse cock

[prankmakers95]

is this uac connected to the virus protection

[vedo1117]

what kind of screen and resolution you got, that looks big

[twilistar26]

THANK U SO MUCH!!!! Now I can fix that annoying Code 646 that's been a fucking pain in the ass!

[per681]

THANKS MAAAAAAAAAAN!

[J2897Tutorials]

OMFG... So you spent £70 to buy Windows Vista, because it was a lot more Secure than Windows XP... Then you Disabled Vista's Security, so that it is now just as Secure as Windows XP... LOL Fuckin' priceless! :D

[DCUnited4]

??? or everyone could just switch to a Linux distro (such as Ubuntu) for free?

[nikolPIKOL]

@DCUnited4 dude linux suck balls xD

[nickjuly4A]

UAC is a very stupid security "feature" it shouldn't warn you about every little thing, and if you're worried about viruses then that's why you get REAL security software.

[nikolPIKOL]

@nickjuly4A if ur voried just buy norton antivirus,panda antivirus and alot mor :D

[nickjuly4A]

I have Norton Internet Security on my PC.

[nikolPIKOL]

me to :) norton is the leading antivirus program

[jamesbound99]

no its not trend micro is the leading antivirus program it detects more of the shit u download plus scans ur entire computer

[nikolPIKOL]

Norton antivirus scans our computer to.i comes with the whole packgage.and next time learn to use "," and "." or it will be rly hard to understand you like this time

[toliban5417]

this is the greates way out thank you very much

[805brownie]

u can get viruses if u turn it off

[urbanagain]

Windows Vista sold me on a MacPro.

Finally, a computer that works.

[DJReidak]

personally, the UAC didn't bother me that much. It also helped when I accidentally launched a program on my computer, so I didn't have to wait through the load to exit the program. The UAC in Windows 7 is less intrusive, though.

[andrewcox123]

Very Quiet!

[BuckeyeSparky]

yeah this is old news.....this would be useful when vista was first out

[Videogamekid1992]

UAC isn't that annoying. If you get annoyed by that one little thing, you must be very impatient.

[wakunahum]

Or it's just a matter of not clicking an extra step over and over. Some people work for money on computers.

[AZLAN210396]

agreed. myself is using a HIPS based AV, which will pop up every second

[ahacksor]

this is so old. how do people not know about all of this?

[PGtahtPadraig]

better tip should be get windows 7 lol ;P

[TheMatt7000]

in Windows 7 it's just a few clicks away. but it's not really that safe to just turn it off completely, what I recommend is just turning the notifications down a bit

[lukestratton1]

That's just a long winded way round, instead of clicking "add or remove accounts" just click user accounts!!!!!

[HaywardJack]

By default its one of the options under "User Accounts" in the control panel. Usually. :)

[ilordvader]

Whats the proram Name on the TOP of ur desktop that has all the program Icons

Please would like to get it too :)

[Kin632]

Its either rocket dock or stardock

[ilordvader]

thxs bro

[WindowsGuru84]

rocketdock.

[driftingwinds]

Curious is a gerbil speaking? Cause I can not bairly hear a thing you are saying in this video.

[TheJonnydog]

I had vista... a few hours ago... Now Im With windows 7 :D

[padn1]

Vista sucks.

[marcoantoniomirandar]

Lol, not necessary at this point of time. Most ppl either already know how to do that or upgraded OS

[kftrainer]

I am glad I dont have Vista with the many issues that it has

[wingnut4427]

vista SUCKS !! & swallows !!!

[Groudon185p]

No id doesn't. you haven't even used it or have a computer from 1999.

[wingnut4427]

I was one of the unfortunate suckers that bought it when I built my new PC from 2008 :P So yes .. I've used it & it sucks. The only cool thing that I really liked though was the voice command feature. but with all of vistas flaws it quickly took the shine right off that turd.

[TheRadOreo]

Why don't you just click your picture in the Start menu?

[mexicanplayer18]

exactly.

[marquesbrownlee]

Haha good point there

[Staulborn]

I'm pretty sure that instead of doing all of that it would be easier to click on the start button then clicking on your user display picture at the top sending you straight to account options such as UAC settings. And no microsoft doesn't hide it and it may be annoying but the UAC exists for a reason. Obviously Microsoft's way of handling permissions isn't the most convenient processes but it does work.

[davedudeit]

fortuanly iv never used vista

iv got xp and windows7

[ConMahaff]

great video, tho i hav to agree, the volume needs to be louder

[jgurbisz]

Speak up son.

[Zorlak010]

Sad thing is, when getting to this, you have to go through 2 of those screens to get to it xD

[theundercoverangel]

I LUV YOU!! I have tried everything to get this off.. and it just didn't seem to want to happen..

So what else can I safely turn off in MSCONFIG? there is so much new crap with vista I don't know what I need, and what I don't..

[yellowgroove]

I have 7 computers and they all work, on the one in the basement i actually still use windows 2000 professional, it still works! actually, i still have a fossil, a working packard bell computer that i bought new many years ago, it is running windows 3.1, and has a 420 mb hard drive and 8 megs of Ram! this computer was top of the line when i purchased it and i paid over $1100 for it back then.anyone remember prodidgy internet and those 56k dial up modems? take me back, take me back!

[BluePlaque]

Thank you, I was wondering how to do this for a VERY long time.

[asdernr]

louder pls thx :)

[DetroitPC313]

Good timeing chris

[TheLarssan]

This isn't a new tip.

[WackoX1337]

Can you talk louder? i almost can't hear your voice!!

[ralasinchains]

I thought Vistas most annoying feature was crashing

[PCMichiana]

lol, love it.

[Jgamerx]

OMG THANK YOU!

[alexanderjurjens]

"Everytime you open an application it comes up...." I've stopped watching the video right there, because that is absolutely not true.

[GuitarGhost123]

ty!

[cookiemaen]

I just type "UAC" in the startmenu search then there's an option called disable UAC that comes up :S

[1theunchosen]

no there isn't one in mine..:S

[cookiemaen]

That's odd seeing as I get it both on vista and 7

[TechMan8vids]

UAC Sucks

Thx for the tut!

[techhelper1]

it protects the user so you dont screw up, so you actually look at the application control name and then say yes or no, not disable it because are going to have a bigger chance of getting bit by a virus

[augustuen]

what is uac????

[alienkid998]

UAC is User Account Control. It is a feature in Windows Vista/7 That requires you to click yes whenever a program tries to change something on your computer.

[Kinkajou1015]

Users... "We want security" then Microsoft complies, gives it to you, BAM "we can't handle it, turn it off".

I'll leave my UAC on. And I'll be tuning Win7 to have as many UAC prompts as Vista or more. I see UAC more in one day at work (via customer machines because I tell them to run command prompt as an admin) than I do in a month at home.

[Millahtime]

I don't really remember users saying "we want security intrusive to the user experience." I'm pretty sure it goes without saying users wanted MS to design better security without sacrificing the user experience.

[crackshotandmoe34]

I hate the UAC

[Thegamer5150]

there a way in windows 7 but its a little different

[xXpiredXx]

is this the same for windows 7 ?

[MacsGeek]

don't turn the UAC off but turn the whole vista off, it sucks try windows 7...

[Teldara]

Stop being a fanboy. Vista is decently good.

[navgamingtk]

Are you joking? Because that's what vista was ... a joke of a OS, All it is used for its too woo people with its special effects.

[Teldara]

No I'm not joking. I found vista very useful. It worked like a charm (SP1). I have no clue why people keep bashing Vista for problems. I ran into no problems. Not even a BSOD.

Maybe, just maybe, I know how to work a damn computer.

I did work on Vista, all my drivers worked, none had issues, all my programs worked.

And I can play my lovely DX10 Games on vista.

Vista worked, and its purely on opinions. I bet half of you didn't even try Vista SP1. Personally, I would prefer Vista over XP.

[acynnon]

Vista was good once SP1 came out no doubts, Windows 7 is better in every way imo though.. Im still using XP on this comp because it's about 4 years old now and XP runs like a charm on it :)

[MacsGeek]

I'm not a fanboy, I'm just a poweruser like just like every body else found some problems with windows vista. I'm not saying by that vista sucks completly there is some useful stuff in there but in general it sucks!

[bashmohandes]

Don't turn that OFF, it is for your own good

[keizer566]

Thanks you Dylan!!

[Supralobe]

People still use vista?

[nelizmastr]

yup, im still on SP1 though, its vLited and uses around 15-20% less memeory than full blown Vista

Lookin forward to upgrading to Windows 7, but I first want to get me some new hardware

[REVERENDJOSHGODDERS]

whats the point in turning it off its there to make it safer theres no point in turing it off

[CuberChris]

its not any worse security than XP if you turn it off, so i don't care

[Vaughnlesterinoz]

But what if you are smart enough to be safe without needing UAC and don't need a stupid program telling you that you are installing something new? Therein lies the reason for disabling it.

[nemesis8722]

i really don't find UAC that annoying.

[onlywhenprovoked]

Thanks Dylan. Great vid.

very useful, clear and to the point.

are you running windows on mac?

[Arthetzki]

yea and the next time you start your computer, Vista will inform you every five minutes that you have disabled UAC using a ballon tip and says your computer is in danger.

[vampjoseph11]

Not necessarily, Just tell Windows Security to stop bugging you about it and it goes away.

[VTProductionsPC]

in the security center disable notifications and it wont show that

[Arthetzki]

Thanks, man i have been waiting this for years.

[guitarman2677]

Whenever disable the UAC, the gadgets don't work. I'm using Windows 7 by the way. I'm not sure if it's the same with Vista.

[robertrivasphotos]

oh thats easy.. get a win 7 machine!

[iOniV2]

Windows 7 still has UAC. Microsoft didn't tweak the UAC so it prompted you less either.

Thanks to Vista, 7 has pretty much full compatibility with every major program on the market, even smaller programs that were at least smart enough to add Vista compatibility to their programs.

The reason 7 is the way it is is because Vista existed. If Vista had never been release, 7 would have the same amount of UAC prompts Vista had (no, Vista has barely any prompts these days).

[PrKid718]

I would not be doing this..Its like giving permission for someone to hack your computer with out you knowing.

[rudewolf89]

not if you have a firewall..

[iOniV2]

A firewall can be disabled from the outside, it's no difficult feat, especially since the average user normally has their firewall set for "allow all".

I bet you have no idea how the UAC functions, do you?

[techguruuk]

Disabling UAC seems a bit silly to me, you rarely see it after the first week or so when your apps are all installed. Turning it off is like fitting your home with a new security system, and then leaving the front door wide open.

[rudewolf89]

UAC is pathetic.. Its the thing i hate most in Vista, Microsoft should not force unneeded 'security" down our throats.

I already have protection installed.

[iOniV2]

Your "protection" doesn't stop you from you or someone else manually deleting something that shouldn't have.

UAC was designed to prevent HUMAN error, not viruses.

[PrKid718]

EXACTLY!

[rudewolf89]

mind explaining how someone would manually delete something from my computer? And i know what im doing so i'm not worried about me.. And whats the point of having a firewall if you set it to "allow all"?

[iOniV2]

Easy:

Step 1. Walk up to computer

Step 2. Sit down at computer

Step 3. Begin using computer

Step 4. Oops, I deleted something! Was that important?

Lots of people set their firewall to "allow all", because the firewall will then PROMPT THEM LESS.

Oh, I'm seeing a repeat here. What do UAC and firewalls have in common when it comes to complaints?

[igonnagetfsx]

A little late, maybe? :)

[iOniV2]

So, I heard that you think it's too hard to simply click a prompt?

Seriously, are people that effing lazy that they'll complain about some silly prompt? I used Vista for 3 years and I barely got prompted myself.

Windows and Linux users are on the same boat when it comes to things prompting users.

OS X users just seem to genuinely be lazy, it seems.

Snow Leopard's a cool guy, guest accounts delete everything and doesn't afraid of anything.

[techguruuk]

OS X users lazy? On OS X its more effort, you need to type your password in as well for admin functions, on vista you just click "Allow".

[iOniV2]

Then why the complaints, huh?

[teddezac]

I want a big resolution

[turbomonkey138]

Jesus that's one big resolution on that computer

[EmuTime2]

lol, a month into vista i disabled UAC, a year into vista, i disabled it and got windows 7. several weeks into 7, no changes. its awesome

[MooseOfReason]

I had to turn my volume up a lot to hear this video.

Chris has a good idea with these user-created tutorials, but I think he should review them for quality - especially in volume - before he uploads them to his channel.

[fallenembers08]

I disabled this months ago.. UAC is annoying!!!!

[gan0nsl4y3r]

just type uac in the search bar in control panel....

[dastrman2]

ahahahah mac wannabe if you want a mac so bad get one.

[HelpMezz94]

Finally A Screen Record Video

[ilco187]

i got a better idea to avoid vistas bullshit, stay with xp.

[armonthereaper]

just one windows release late.

[rakunishu]

Damn dude what size monitor and what resolution are you running, that screen is fucking huge.

[dasimpsonsrule]

1080p I'm guessing. They aren't to expensive nowadays

[ilabstudios]

True that.. I'm buying a Samsung 1080p LCD instead of using two monitors. There really cheap now, especially if you can buy a display model somewhere ;)

[bdegrande]

Disabling the UAC in Vista is a really bad idea, it gives you an OS which is the worst of both worlds - large, slow, bloated, and as insecure as XP. With UAC turned on, at least you have a secure OS.

[dotdot92]

@bdegrande What are you talking about?

[bdegrande]

UAC prevents you from allowing malware into your system without you specifically approving it. This is similar ro what Linux/Unix/Mac OS X do. In XP, you can infect your system without doing anything more than visiting a web site. Turning UAC off puts you in the same position, Win 7 has more levels of control for UAC, but turning it completely off is still a really bad idea.

Whar are you talking about?

[rwmtiger]

that why i dont turn it off. i know better after pc attack from out side my pc. that UAC save my pc from hacker. after that day. i start using McAfee SiteAdvisor and WOT. i know UAC drive me crazy, but it have been a life saver.

[OkashaSH5]

Why exactly is it bad?

[DBZisthebestanimever]

NO UAC is just a piece of shit and it asks you if you want to create a new folder or not twice

[ilabstudios]

UAC isn't shit. It has it's purpose, however annoying it may be. For example, I enable it on my parents laptop. Where as I know what I'm installing they will not, so in those situations UAC has it's uses. It's also not as annoying is people make it out to be, so what if an alert comes up, people are suddenly too lazy to click a button.

[DoubleCLICKfilms]

this is pathetic. If you don't know how to disable UAC go die.

[reap00004]

if you needed a guide to do it you probably shouldn't do it lol

[redman6657]

i knew about this like a year ago!

[TheParallex]

dude dont upload this theres 100s of videos on how to do this

[pierrepoupart1]

wow the resolution of your moniter is huge

[Dot2TheLock]

@pierrepoupart1 the worst part is thats only 1/16th of his whole screen!

[pierrepoupart1]

lol

[rakunishu]

Did that @username part pop up for you automatically when you replied to him, cause that's happening to me too, but I deleted the @ part.

[TheParallex]

its good like that

[mastersniper13]

THIS IS SO FUCKING OLD

[HazakyProductions]

so is ur sister.

[darkthorr350]

hello

[stillfreefilms]

is this a bit old windows 7 is out already but good video.

[00iCrazy00]

OH FREAKING THANKYOU!

[Chromegrillz]

1st lol