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Can't stand the "User Account Control: Windows needs your permission to continue" dialog?

Annoyed with always getting that message? I was. If you want to get rid of that prompt, click on START, then RUN, and type in GPEDIT.MSC.  In the Group Policy Object Editor window, under Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, then Security Settings, then Local Policies, then Security Options. In the RIGHT pane, double-click on “User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode” and choose “Elevate without prompting” in the drop down list and then OK. That should be it! The system should now automatically use your admin username and not prompt you to “Continue”.

Published Saturday, November 18, 2006 4:40 PM by madenwal
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tzagotta said:

But doesn't that completely defeat the purpose of LUA?

November 18, 2006 12:12 PM
 

madenwal said:

Well, if you're the administrator on the machine, then I don't see the need to be prompted whether or not i want to continue everytime I want to run a program or open control panel or etc. It just doesn't make any sense. I think it should only prompt you for creditials if you don't have priviledges to run it.

November 18, 2006 12:33 PM
 

Richard said:

But what about software that you might not want executing?  The idea behind UAC is to stop unauthorized software from gaining that high level of access automatically.

IMHO this defeats that security feature - yeah I know it is a pain but still defeating the software controls.

November 18, 2006 12:40 PM
 

madenwal said:

I'm not saying that this is a bad feature. I personally just don't like it on my laptop (which isn't part of any domain or used in a network). I think I'm very cautious with what I install and run on my machine and I personally don't ever have problems with spyware or viruses or software that I don't want running on it. So for me, it's annoying to get prompted to "continue" running whatever applications or even something as simple as "continue"-ing to do a file copy. It's just rare (i really mean never) that have any problems with unauthorized operations on my computer.

Now I do realize that all it takes is just one time for something to really screw me over. But I'm willing to take that chance to not be slowed down with every little operation I do on my computer...

November 18, 2006 1:06 PM
 

tzagotta said:

I think that your experience and perspective is probably a good predictor for the majority of other users. Either people will see so many prompts all the time that they will not scrutinize them at all, or else they will disable them all together.

November 18, 2006 1:52 PM
 

madenwal said:

Keep in mind that this is for ADMIN users only. There is a separate policy for STANDARD users. I just think that if you're an admin on a box, you shouldn't have to deal with those prompts.

December 2, 2006 7:54 PM
 

cannondale0815 said:

Unfortunately this doesn't work in Vista Home Premium, as the group policy editor doesn't exist in that version.

November 29, 2007 9:38 PM
 

Rick said:

Cool! How do you hide the search box (in the start menu, under "All Programs")? I don't like that! I rather use the old "Run" command.

December 13, 2007 2:05 PM

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