Windows 7 : How to Disable UAC or 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. 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.

A. 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.
 

B. Click on User Account Control settings link.

C. Slide the slider bar to the lowest value (towards Never Notify), with description showing Never notify me. 



D. Click OK to make the change effective.


E. Restart the computer to turn off User Access Control.[Via DigitalLife]

Written by ShaDow on December 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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