How To: Disable User Account Control in Windows Vista

[mariofan1761]

mine has a password and i don't know the password so fuck >=(



[STVYT]

Do you want to watch a TigerDirect video that tells you how to ignorantly reduce your Vista OS's security back to Windows XP level? Allow or Deny? DENY!

Do NOT disable UAC. There's more to it than prompting. It's preventing malicious/silent changes to the OS. If you disable it, you are losing that protection as well as IE protected mode and virtualization.

I would think being prone to malware would give nightmares, not UAC.

[STVYT]

@STVYT Also consider that you should only really be getting prompts when you perform an administrative setting change, write to a location that's administrator only, or install software. If you are seeing more than that, then you have another completely separate issue to do with file-level permissions. Troubleshoot the cause of the problem.

[Emahja22]

how can i do this without a password..can i disable the password or what.....

when the pop up come up it wont let me press ok..it will only let me press cancel..plz help..

[skankingrudeboy]

@IownuwithmyAK47 log in with an account with admin privileges

[MrEleazarcsp]

thanks, vato loco, this is a very good video , yo queria saber como se hace ,

[MultiJake999]

login as administrator so you dont get them

[zzzzz968]

when i open admin password comes up..how do i get arround that

[thomasboss01]

Vista goes crazy with user account control, but with Windows 7 it still has user account control, but it hardly appears

[Metalguitarist13666]

dosent let me

[skullremover]

leave me alone plz . xD

[veshmadhi001]

At mine pc user account doesn`t open why pls help!

[StabbedInTheKunt616]

both ways are just as easy but thanks a lot! :)

Just a suggestion please ramble less.

[CartersFANFIC]

mine has a PASSWORD :\

[skankingrudeboy]

@CartersFANFIC does your account have admin privileges?

[WahTayFokProductions]

Works on Windows 7 as well, but you can chose the frequency of the confirmations to: High, Medium(default), Low, or Off.

[killzone1997]

is it safe?

[fpsd0minat0r]

put it this way.

ive never been hacked on xp pro and it doesnt have user control.

as long as you got kaspersky or bitdefender total security, nothing will get through your computer.

UAC is a load of shit.

suppose UAC does come up and a file your opening has a virus, how many times will you actually click cancell.

your still going to open the file aint you?

now that im using vista, i turned it off striaght away to make it work like xp as much as possible.

[secretbadger2]

chicken

[secretbadger2]

owned i got the enwer version of his hp i got the compaq version oh ye owned

[DarkerNemesis]

Man that msg was bugging me, Thanks mate cool vid :)

[SackOfDope]

yes u did

hah

[KingstonCS]

why they dont put xp? because vista is newer and you know how it is dont you newer = better

more security and everything but more slow

and if your into gaming then it wont make any difference, just configured it correctly and the game will run like before, unless you have no money and cant afford to give the OS like 300more ram then your gonna see decrease in performance

[myskillzk0u]

fuck u fuking dush bag go suck some dick

[xxdxpurexx]

why didnt it tell me to restart it..?

[estetylo]

thank you so muuuuuuch!!!!!

[MutatedGamer]

i saw ur user name was HP, and do you work for hp, i have a question, why the fuck do u put vista in the god damn things, next comp I buy i am making, and putting XP on, OR AT LEAST PROVIDE XP DRIVERS FOR ALL COMPS!!!

[hubbabubbame]

um but wat i want to do is do it without me being admin

[warkilledown]

one word THANKS

[AndrewBouchierUK]

your not dumb am just saying its not the same this time but yah a lot of ppl dont like this

[AndrewBouchierUK]

gbPRAN was that to me ? lol am not on vista yet i will be at end of this week i will be makeing a video on it about stuff on it and stuff dont know what it can do yet so look up in a week or so and your see :)

[rml695]

Stay away from it. I experienced Vista, and it literally destroyed my system and all I did was put a program on it - a program I have used for YEARS without problems. So what am I running now? Well I run Mac & Linux and if you are strapped for pounds I'd recommend going with a Linux distro. It requires some tech savviness to make it play nice but once it does, especially with Ubuntu & OpenSUSE, they are very friendly to the tech savvy person.

[AndrewBouchierUK]

rml695 thats coz you did not know what your doing i have Vista and its working better then any one with Vista i know i bet you did not go to see if your PC will work with it if you did not then your the one to x up your pc lol works good for me just got to know what your doing

[AndrewBouchierUK]

nah it does not stop viruses they dont have to ask the user if they run there more then one way for them to do there job not all of them need the user to run them 1st lol and it may ask about this evil software but does not tell you its bad so it does not help there also does anyone know how to set up network sharing

[j3llyf1sh]

ahhh but, if something pops up you are unsure about or know you havent downloaded, why would you allow it?

[lujoam]

windows xp is much better!!! many programs dont work on vista!!!

[hussanali]

I love that GUY.

[hussanali]

Thanks Windows Vista ROCKS.

[cooldudemckernan]

thankyou sooooooo much i was getting sooo annoyed with that allow or deny and i was gonna switch back to xp tytytyty

[hussanali]

You can Google your Problem if you have any one like this you should search for "Disable User Account Control in Vista " ....

[chimera15]

Statement by you,"I have no doubt that a P4 can handle most games, but there is a difference in between being able to run a game "like on the P4" and having the ultimate game experience of core2duos with lots of ram. " I posited a 10 ultimate gaming system in reply to this comment. You couldv easily make a 10 grand gaming system if you bought a huge 60 inch screen, a cintiq, or touch screen for a secondary monitor, dual, tripple sli, water cooling, nostromo, gaming keyboard/mouse/trackball.

[chimera15]

10 grand sorry, had to prune some to fit in the comment box, took out some words.

[chimera15]

At any rate it was simply to demonstrate that a core2duo isn't the ultimate gaming experiance, it's about average, and only a small bit better on the scale of things from an old p4. I have core2duo's and core quad's, the gaming experiance from them on the whole isn't that different from my p4 with most games, of course there are more and more exceptions, but they're still fairly rare. The single thing drawing back any system when it comes to games is the graphics card, not ram or main processor

[chimera15]

yeah I mistyped, meant all adobe's programs are horrible and bloated.

[chimera15]

Hahaha I could say the same about you, I know you have serious problems, please seek help, but likely you already have. I can recognize people with horrible pasts because they're quick to diagnose others, and put their problems on others. roflol

[chimera15]

I'm sure you google search master can find it if you look hard enough.

[chimera15]

Ok, so because I like a certain style, I have mental problems? roflol

[chimera15]

Oh yeah, and disagree with you.

[chimera15]

Google it.

[chimera15]

So because I like a certain style I'm a pedophile? Yeah, you're a professional.

[chimera15]

Hahaha I hope never if it means turning into someone like you.

[chimera15]

You back them up with articles that are either propaganda, or only give a hint to the full truth, and only look at part of what you're saying and think that's the whole story.

[chimera15]

I learned how to program and all about computers in my childhood? 25 years ago? lol

[chimera15]

I didn't go against what they said, you're reading what I said wrongly, as I already pointed out.

[chimera15]

Photoshop does have it wrong, there are programs out there that make photoshop look like it's a joke. Try Sai that's 2 mb large, runs on practically every system there is, can do hundreds of layers, also includes vector graphics inside it, that completely makes illustrator look like a joke, and tell me that adobe isn't a bloated horrible program.

[chimera15]

every windows system that is.

[chimera15]

So your definition of a professional artist is that it has to fit within a certain style and look "cool" by your stadards? People buy my artwork, and my photoshop work. That's all it requires to be "professional" by any dictionary.

[chimera15]

Um, dude, I build pc's I have quad and dual core systems. lol None of this has been about that.

[chimera15]

You're exactly right, noone should spend that much, that's the point I'm kaking in response to your posit that you need 8 gigs to run photoshop correctly. roflol

[chimera15]

Dude, you don't know me or the work I've done, why do you think you can say I'm not a professional?

[chimera15]

lol I'm not a professional because I don't agree with you? roflol

[chimera15]

That's a cool benchmarking site, but it doesn't reflect what resolution, or graphics card you're using, it wouldn't indicate the framerates you'd get.

[chimera15]

It depends how you define professional. lol I have been paid for my photoshop work, although I don't work in an office where every second counts that I would need an 8 gig system. I do work with photoshop and other better graphics programs everyday.

[chimera15]

I'm not denying the speed gains, you're completely misreading everything I'm saying. I'm denying that the speed/dollar cost is worth it, and that it adds extra functionality. It's pretty funny how every comment you add an insult at the end, that's mature?

[chimera15]

My point is that you could easily drop 10 grand on the ultimate system, to have "the ultimate gaming experiance" and it wouldn't be worth spit the next day. The system you're thinking of is hardly an ultimate gaming system, and doesn't produce more than 20-30% more framerate than I'm able to get from my 4 year old system, so what's the point?

[chimera15]

roflol And you'd call that an ultimate gaming experiance? Please! Yes, after a core2 extreme, good motherboard, ram, operating system, water cooling, a kick ass case, you're easily pushing 5-10 grand.

[chimera15]

40+ inch flat screen, gaming keyboard, mouse, and other imput devices.. oh yeah easy 10 grand.

[chimera15]

sorry core quad extreme

[chimera15]

Of course there's a difference, but not much of one when it comes down to it. There is no ultimate game experiance. You bounce 10 grand into making the fastest computer on the market, and it'll be worthless in 6 months for the next game.  lol

[chimera15]

You're the one who said he doesn't play games, I've played 9 out of 10 of the last titles released on the pc, and dozens of net games.

[chimera15]

You don't need that kind of ram to make use of that, I am a professional photoshop user, and use it just fine with dozens if not hundreds of layers with only 2 gigs. The percentage of speed you gain is minimal for the expense.

[chimera15]

That's a rumor, and probably not true.

[chimera15]

The only reason xp would be outdated for gaming is that it didn't have support for directx 10, but that's not true really anymore, and certainly won't in the future. Xp is faster for games, and requires less ram.

[chimera15]

I can still play most new games that are coming out now on my 4 year old p4, at lower resolutions. You're never going to have a game that has min specs higher than the average of what people are using in the pc market, because the percentage of people using systems that are specificially for gaming is like 5% of the potential marketplace which equals failure for the game if that's all they market to. The only reason that pc games are failing is because they're so easily pirated.

[chimera15]

99% of the changes will be in the graphics cards and the software, none of them will have min specs that are higher than most p4's can handle.

[chimera15]

No game has ever required more than 3 gb of ram. lol 99% of games don't even require c2d's or bus speeds higher than 533, the only advantage of having the newer system and more than 2 gb of ram is better graphics. You're right, vista x86 limits your max system ram to 3.12 gb, so?

[chimera15]

The only difference 8 gigs of ram vrs 4 gigs of ram makes in Photoshop is at best maybe cutting filter processing time. There's almost no phsyical real gain for that excess of memory.

[chimera15]

You'll notice if you read the specs for assassin's creed, that xp only requires 1 gig of ram in xp, but 2 gigs in vista.

[chimera15]

If you don't think there are already trojans and virus's that exploit and disable the uac, you're pretty naive.

[chimera15]

And I didn't say I didn't notice anything I said I've noticed 4 or 5 things. Of course I've also noticed way more than 4 or 5 things that are a drawback to just using xp. The next system I build is going to be a dual boot xppro vista machine at very least.

[chimera15]

Yeah, you too huh?

[chimera15]

A bigger screen would keep him from having to use the magnifier all the time is all I meant, and I offered 3 or 4 other solutions. Sides you can pick up a huge screen off ebay used for less than $100

[chimera15]

How about googling pompous idiot that thinks he knows everything after reading a couple propaganda technical bulletins.

[chimera15]

The kernel may have changed, but it's not noticeable, and it's not a phyiscal real improvement. You might sculpt a statue of david, and it might be the greatest sculpture in the world, but if you cover it with dirt, who's going to know it from any other hill?

[BloodGTRproductions]

thx

[bookshelffury]

agreed. windows xp sucks ass.

[djphonehome]

Windows vista is the best 5 times better than xp.  You guys are just shitting around becasue ur computer is too week to handle it. (To all haters)

[bookshelffury]

lol hell yeah 10 times better.

[chimera15]

I built a new system specifically to vista, it's not underpowered. I don't think it's better, I think it's about the same. I've been using it for about 3 or 4 months now and I've found maybe 4 or 5 things that are different, of note, that are improvements over xp. Explain why it's 5 times better, don't just make some unqualified statement.

[chimera15]

The only real exception to 4 gigs in xp would of course be something like a server, of course then xp does suck, you're right.

[chimera15]

There are no concequences if you have a good antivirus and firewall, uac is a uselss stupid ass addition to vista that was made as a selling point to dumbasses that any real hacker or spamware/malware will instantly circumvent anyway.

[chimera15]

Unless you're multitasking fps's and photoshop, illustrator, dreamweaver, 4 gigs is more than enough ram for almost any windows enviroment.

[bookshelffury]

omg you can't even use your true 4gb of reamy anyway. for 4gb of ram and a good video card, windows xp will only see 2.5gb of your ram. and if you have two video cards your max would be 2gb of ram. remember 4gb is 4gb total in the system. video card memory included along with all the other ram chips such as the 16mb ones in the hard drive and your 8mb ones in your cpu. all of that adds up.

[djphonehome]

Windows vista is the best. 5 time better than xp. Its only good if u have 1.5 gb ram and over and a good graphics card. :)

[chimera15]

why do you think it's 5 times better? Cause it looks prettier?

[chimera15]

firefox and the newer ie's are extremely stable and I've never once had problems with them downloading spamware or malware. If you turn indexing on, searching is extremely fast, and I run about 20 programs continuosly on my old p4 in xp home, never had a problem with multi tasking. You a linux user or something? lol

[chimera15]

I challenge you to name more than 5 things that are different, and you can't use styling changes, or the sidebar, as xp can be made to echo those exactly.

[chimera15]

Why is it dumb? That's what it is.

[DeviantX38]

The easiest way is TweakUAC, download it and enjoy

[enixfire]

when ever I try to turn UAC off my computer acts weird like it keeps logging off and the a black window called dl.exe pops up as well as HP connections, do you know anything about how to fix it without having to turn UAC back on?

[Nachalnika]

shit that easy i had to search internet 4 zat and help from windows damn it !!!.

[markara7]

this was the first thing I disabled within 5 minutes of installing Vista last year haha.

[XxnicckkXx]

The guy could have just said you could have clicked your picture

[Ryguy1450]

Everyone hates Vista. It's cause it sucks. Microsoft ripped off Apple's OS X. What a joke. Windows is dead. Unless you are a person whose career is based on a Windows program, you should switch to OS X. Apple thinks of every detail and they are more stable.

[chimera15]

Um, Vista is basically windows xp with like 4 or 5 new features, it's nothing like osx, some of them annoying.

[chimera15]

You know I half think all this everyone hates vista crap is coming from mac users that never even tried it, have no familiarity with xp in the first place, and couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without some overpaid osx helper handholding them through the most basic of crap. Every new os has it's initial problem, even osx. People forget how bad xp and 98 were before the service packs, vista is loads better out the gate than they were.

[chimera15]

Or I should have said 95, 98 wasn't that bad out the gate cause it was essentially a service pack for 95. lol

[rml695]

Friend, I'm a Mac & Windows user. I prefer Mac due to easier to use applications, especially in the area of visual magnification software which i have to have in order to see the computer, and use it at all, period. Vista's magnifier is built in, yes, but it's an annoying bar at the top. The Mac's magnifier is also built in, but is full screen zoom, not just partial. As far as Vista? Well, I tried it and my system crashed to the point of no recovery. How's that for an experience? LOL

[chimera15]

Get a bigger screen if you have to use the magnifier, geesh. There are also about 1 million different magnifiers for vista/xp that are free on the web, look em up. Geesh. I highly doubt you've been a windows user for any length of time, it's pretty clear you have no idea of the real issue between mac and xp, in that mac has 0 programs written for it relative to windows.

[chimera15]

You shouldn't have to use the magnifier at all, you should be able to change the themes, icons and fonts so everything is readable, let alone the resolution so even on the smallest screen it's readable, if your eyesite is so bad.

[rml695]

Trouble with making the fonts big, is that they get so big that the bottoms & tops of windows disappear.

[chimera15]

Also I very much doubt the use of a magnifier crashed your system to the point of no recovery. It's likely your system had other serious problems and it just coincided with a crash. Also I doubt it was unrecoverable, most likely you or whoever worked on the system had no clue.

[rml695]

It wasn't the magnifier. It was a 3rd party application that allows for a more advanced access solution that did it - when I contacted the manufacturer I gave them as detailed an explanation as I could, and they hadn't a clue what happened.

[chimera15]

Well that's the drawback with Windows, but one that is usually worth paying. It's like the difference between democracy and communism/socialism. You might have a higher crime rate with democracy, and not everything will be perfect all the time, but I'd rather be free. lol

[chimera15]

I can name on one hand the number of programs osx has that are better, easier to use, or surpass windows programs in functionality. It's pretty sad when you buy an os for 3 or 4 programs.

[chimera15]

I also think it's pretty funny how Mac users keep claiming windows is dead. Mac died when it lost it's original hardware and started running shells of xp. It basically admitted its defeat and tried to work within intel/microsoft framework to find a niche market. It's only managed to stay alive at all because of that.

[wildwolves8]

thanks logan that shit is so annoying.

[JC61990]

every time i reformat my pc this is the first thing i do, i figured it out when i got vista last year

[JC61990]

every time i reformat my pc this is the first thing i do, i figured it out when i got vista last year

[chimera15]

You forgot to tell everyone hot to disable the stupid even more annoying popup that then comes up saying uac is disabled. lol

[chimera15]

err how

[hairyblue]

can you disable the "uac is disabled" popup?

[chimera15]

Yes it's easy.

[chimera15]

Yes, it's easy, you need to look at notifications. look it up.

[joelee7331]

UAC Sux THANK YOU LOGAN FOR THIS

NOTE-

this also helps in games if it keeps closing without any reason

[JadedBeliever]

Cool that you show people how to do this. Tired of people bitching about UAC as if it cant be turned off.

[DeadlyDevil666]

Thanks logan, very easy guide for newbies... :D

[WolFMediaProductions]

thanks!

[PCG520]

Holy shit... I LOVE YOU LOGAN!

[KohrsAKT]

Thanks.

[metardedgeneyassjr]

Vista is the Worst Operating System Ever!

I hope Windows Vienna the next Windows in line Never comes!

[inuysha360]

omfg TY SO MUCH LOGAN UR MY HERO !! XD

[Dist0rtedfilthbx]

i frickin love UAC

[davzik0]

Then i hate you :D

Why do you like it?

[Dist0rtedfilthbx]

I dont find it annoying at all

[Wangan22]

YES! Thank you!

[Demin2k]

sued by GI joe lol.

[sourcemaster]

first

[NFFILMS]

Logan You make everthing into a joke its so funny but that helped thanks alot just done 5*

[mayganey]

be able to buy that new house :D

[Skylinerev]

THANKS!

[gimlithepimp88]

FIRST LEWLZ

[yizikkie]

fail

[rubberduckypwn]

Sweet.

[hairyblue]

i disabled UAC a loooong time ago, but i still get an error message telling me that its turned off. and thats still quite annoying

anyone else get the same thing?

[buckamoona]

lol

[Falhok]

ya LOL

[aaronluis26]

Thanks Logan for improving my life! (lol) Although I don't have Vista yet, I know the first place I'm going when I get it.

[themightybooshz]

first view first rating and comment go me

[MajorDisaster4u]

and the first thumbs down also go to you congrats.

back on topic yeah this is one of the first things I do after installing Vista.