How to Disable UAC / Turn Off UAC in Windows 7

User account control (UAC) a new feature which was introduced in Microsoft windows vista has become moreannoying feature. UAC in windows vista is way toprotected windows operating system by preventing unauthorized changes to your system. However UAC inWindows 7 is less annoying and more friendlier now.

Windows 7 UAC has option to set level of alerts and notification hence virtually no setting toturnoff or disable UAC in windows 7.well actually the steps for disabling UAC in windows 7 is more or less similar to windows vista.

Method 1: Disable and Turnoff UAC in Windows 7 from Control Panel

1. Access User Control Panel from Start Menu -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> User Account

2. Click on

User Account Control settings link.

3. Move the Slider to Never Notify

4. Click OK to make the change effective

5. Reboot.

Method 2: Disable UAC with Registry Editor (Regedit) in Windows 7

1. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit) by typing regedit at command prompt or at startmenu->run

2. Locate following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

3. Locate the following REG_DWORD value:

EnableLUA

4. Set the value of EnableLUA to 0.

Optional step to suppress UAC permission prompt dialog,

1. Locate the following REG_DWORD value:

ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin

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

Now Exit from Registry Editor and Restart the computer.