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How to disable UAC in Vista

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Summary: The vista user account control can get very annoying, but fortunately microsoft put in the option to disable or enable the UAC. This is the easiest way to disable the uac without installing further software on your computer.

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Difficulty: Moderately Easy
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  1. Step 1

    This follows along with the video, so in case you can't watch the video for any reason then please read along.

  2. Step 2

    The first step to disabling or turning the UAC (user account control) off or on is to:

    Click on START
    Next, click on Control Panel

  3. Step 3

    Once control panel is opened you will scroll down till you find USER ACCOUNTS.

    Once user accounts options are open than look at the very bottom, you will read:

    "Turn user account control on or off"

  4. Step 4

    On the next options screen you will have the option to click or un-click the box next to:

    "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer"

    Then click on "ok" and your done.

    Note: A reboot may be required.

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meotch1 said

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on 9/3/2009 great that you added this video to your article. i'd recommend turning down the volume on the voice recording and in fact, there are some audio skips in the video too....good job though. :)

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