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UAC settings In Windows 7 has changed to reflect the move to make it less annoying. The wording 'disable' or 'turn off' is no longer available. How can you turn off the notification prompt or pop-up so that they appear less frequently?

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VB Install w7

UAC settings In Windows 7 has changed to reflect the move to make it less annoying. The wording 'disable' or 'turn off' is no longer available. How can you turn off the notification prompt or pop-up so that they appear less frequently?

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How to Disable and Turn Off UAC in

Windows 7
The user interface of User Account Control (UAC) settings in Windows 7
has changed to reflect the move to make UAC less annoying, more user control and more
user friendlier approach. In Windows 7, the UAC has a slider bar which allows users to
configure and select which level of notification (and hence protection against
unauthorized and malicious access) they want. With the fine-tuning of UAC, the wording
‘disable’ or ‘turn off’ is no longer available. So how can you disable UAC? Or at least,
how can you turn off the notification prompt or pop-up so that they appear less regularly?

In fact, the steps to disable UAC is Windows 7 is similar to steps to disable UAC in
Windows Vista, only with slight user interface change, and there is plenty of methods to
turn off UAC too.

Method 1: Disable or Turn Off UAC (User Account Control) in Control Panel

1. To user Control Panel to disable UAC in Windows 7, there are several methods to
access the User Account Control settings page:
1. Go to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety ->
User Account.
2. Go to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Action
Center.
3. Click or right click on Flag icon in notification area (system tray), and
then Open Action Center.
4. Type “MsConfig” in Start Search to start System Configuration, then go to
Tools tab, select Change UAC Settings, then click on Launch button.
2. Click on User Account Control settings link.

3. Slide the slider bar to the lowest value (towards Never Notify), with description
showing Never notify me.
4. Click OK to make the change effective.
5. Restart the computer to turn off User Access Control.

Method 2: Disable UAC with Registry Editor (RegEdit)

1. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).


2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Polic
ies\System

3. Locate the following REG_DWORD value:

EnableLUA

4. Set the value of EnableLUA to 0.


5. Optional step to suppress UAC consent prompt dialog, locate the following
REG_DWORD value:

ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin

6. Set the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin to 0 (optional).


7. Exit from Registry Editor and restart the computer to turn off UAC.

Method 3: Turn Off UAC Using Group Policy

For Windows 7 Ultimate, Business or Enterprise edition which has Local Group Policy,
or computer joined to domain and has Active Directory-based GPO, the group policy can
be used to disable UAC for local computer or many computer across large networks at
once.
1. Enter GPedit.msc in Start Search to run Local Group Policy editor. (Or gpmc.msc
to run Group Policy Management Console for AD-based domain GPO editor).
2. Navigate to the following tree branch:

Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local
Policies -> Security Options

In GPMC, browse to the required GPO which is linked to the domain or OU


where the policy wants to apply.

3. Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in


Admin Approval Mode

Set its value to Elevate without prompt.

4. Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation

Set its value to Disabled.

5. Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode

Set its value to Disabled.

6. Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in
secure locations

Set its value to Disabled.

7.
Restart the computer when done.

Method 4: Using Command Prompt to Disable User Account Control

The command line option can also be used in batch script command file, i.e. .bat and
.cmd files, providing greater convenient to advanced technical user. In actual, the
commands,, which are also used to disable or enable UAC in Vista, are just doing the
same thing as directly modifying the registry.

1. Open an elevated command prompt as administrator.


2. To disable the UAC, run the following commands:

%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

and optionally, the following comand to suppress all elevation consent request
and notification:

%windir%\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Tip: To re-enable UAC, the command is:

%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 1 /f

and to turn on prompt for consent UI:

%windir%\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

Disable UAC may cause gadget not working in Windows 7. User who facing the issue
can use another workaround to suppress User Account Control.

1. Disable UAC.
2. Insert your CD to your CD/DVD drive, and close the auto-run program that will pop in
to your screen.
3. Browse your CD content and find the file SETUP.EXE; right-click it and select "Run
as administrator" from the context menu.
4. There might be other questions asking you if you want to proceed, just click "yes" or
"allow".
5. Follow the setup instructions that will appear on your screen.
6. After the setup is complete, there might be another warning., just choose "This
program has installed correctly".
7. Notice that your shortcuts are now ready, that hints you that everything have been
installed. Now find your IDE shortcut (Visual Studio 6, or whatever you've just
installed), then right-click the shortcut and select "Open file location" from the context
menu.
8.Find your IDE executable (VS6.EXE, VB6.EXE, VC6.EXE etc); right-click it and
select "Properties" from the context menu.
9. Go to "Compatibility" tab, and check the following:
+ Run this program in compatibility mode [Windows XP (Service Pack 3)]
+ Disable visual themes
+ Disable desktop compositions
+ Disable display scaling on high DPI setting (if you have a widescreen monitor)
Then click "Apply" and "OK". Repeat to all other IDE executables.

That's it. You now have a fully working VS6 IDE running on Windows 7. Just don't
forget to install their service packs.

HTH,

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