Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

robert maclean — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:26:41 GMT

I have a different route to do it, which I found in beta2 (don't think the control panel icon way was available then).
click windows and type in "msconfig" it will launch the config tool and under tools is an option to enable and disable uac.

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Rachit — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:08:28 GMT

I had blogged about this earlier too.

http://rachit.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/uac-problem-with-wcf-on-vista/

Thanks

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

bg — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:14:15 GMT

Hopefully this will not have the side affect of the "brute force" option - that is, every time you boot you get a _really_ annoying toast telling you you've turned it off.

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re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Mike Peter Reed — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:20:43 GMT

I was lost to OS X in 2003. It only prompts me for the admin password when I am administering something, not when I want to do something. I can install all the programs I want in my home folder and I have full access over them. Windows Vista is a kludge but don't let that stop you having fun administering it rather than doing anything constructive like personal computing.

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Cobra — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:52:28 GMT

There's always a Mac fanboy in every forum or blog.

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re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Dan — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:54:41 GMT

What Microsoft REALLY needs to do is give each UAC prompt a box the user can check to say "Take my answer and apply it in the future without asking me again". I don't know why they won't do that...

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re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Eiger — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:58:02 GMT

Let me use an analogy here: UAC to me is a lock on a door.

Yes, it's an irritation sometimes. Though once I understand the rationale for having a lock and understand that not everyone in the world was as honest as I would like, it is reasonable.

Do I go to work with the door unlocked? No. Would I drill out my locks to ensure I never had to use that pesky key again? No. Would I add a sensor that automatically unlocked the door whenever anyone approached??? um, no.

Ok, that's my right and likely the analogy of a lock will be picked apart (pun intended ;)) but still I understand why some believe that they need to be admins on the box. I'll try my hardest to leave out the sentiment that these will likely be only one of the people who 0wN that box.

However, the recommendation to anyone that silent elevation is a good thing to do is near irresponsible.
The ONLY thing it could potentially protect you from is good apps that did something bad. It is ZERO protection from bad apps trying to do bad things.
Indeed, you even said that UAC is still running. It is, but so effectively useless it's not really protecting anyone.

UAC has come on in leaps and bounds - yes, it's a pain in the posterior when you're first configuring the machine. I too get a little irked when viewing processes from all users. But in day to day use it is not bothersome at all.

Don't do silent elevation. Just say "No"!

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

ray — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:28:05 GMT

@Mike Peter Reed: The only reason UAC prompts come up so often when installing applications are that none of these applications or setup programs have been written to take into account UAC and write to shared or system areas, which launches the UAC prompt.
It would be the same on a Mac if apps were written incorrectly and wanted to write to non-user areas.

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re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Coyote — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:35:31 GMT

There's also a setting in Local Security Policy to not use "Secure Desktop" for UAC. This will diable the "lock and dim" behavior but not the UAC prompt.

The only downside of this is that malware (in another process) could possibly interact with the UAC box and click "Yes" for you.

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

zzz — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:09:58 GMT

Help how do I config UAC so it auto-elevates without prompt ONLY for command prompt shortcut in start menu and nothing else.. There must be a way..

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re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Vipin — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:05:09 GMT

You should be disabling UAC like this:-

go to security policy and disable "run all administrators in admin approval mode"

Changing "Behavior of administrators in admin approval mode" doesn't really turn off disable UAC services underneath.

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re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

andreas birgerson — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:15:48 GMT

can i elevate myself from the commandprompt? (possible getting a prompt for verification if it is not set to elevate silently?

re: Windows Vista Secret #4: Disabling UAC

Vista user — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:18:06 GMT

Mike Peter Reed - "I was lost to OS X in 2003. It only prompts me for the admin password when I am administering something, not when I want to do something. I can install all the programs I want in my home folder and I have full access over them. Windows Vista is a kludge but don't let that stop you having fun administering it rather than doing anything constructive like personal computing. "

Construstive things like going around to other peoples blogs and telling them they are stupid for using PC's....good one there Mike!

"There's always a Mac fanboy in every forum or blog."

Yes there is always a Mac fanboy on every forum or blog because thats all Macs are really good for, surfing the web...might as well use a mobile phone probably has as richer applications!

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