Turning Off User Account Control in Vista

As soon as you start using Windows Vista, it's impossible not to see how many confirmations are required to perform even the most basic operations, like creating a new folder. Anyway, there's no need to worry - this is not a bug, it's a feature!

User Account Control, or simply UAC, is a new technology that was introduced by Microsoft in Vista for the first time. While its purpose is to improve the security of the operating system, for most people, the only noticeable effect is a headache, after having to go through no less than 4 confirmations for creating a folder, over and over again.

Since I just setup Vista on my new computer and I don't want to lose my patience, one of the first things I will do to customize my shiny, 3D, transparent Windows is to disable UAC. Because I am sure a lot of people also need this information, as I was saying earlier, I will share this with you... so here we go:

- Tap the Windows key+R to bring up the Run menu, and type in "msconfig". Press OK, and then "Continue".


- Open the Tools tab, and locate the option called "Disable UAC". To sort the items alphabetically, press on the "Tool Name" tab.

- Select the "Disable UAC" line and press the "Launch" button.- A command window like the one below should appear, since the task is accomplished in an instant, so simply close this window.
- Close the configuration utility, and reboot the computer so that the changes are applied.

That's it, you have successfully disabled User Account Control! To enable this feature again, simply open the configuration utility and look for the option called "Enable UAC"...