{"id":8557,"date":"2016-12-15T03:44:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T03:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2016-12-15T03:50:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T03:50:51","slug":"3-ways-to-turn-on-off-uac-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/3-ways-to-turn-on-off-uac-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Turn On \/ Off UAC in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you try to install programs in administrator mode or make any system change, a UAC prompt will pop up that alerts you to confirm your changes or operations. As a personal computer user, you may not want to disable these UAC prompts. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to turn on or off UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

\"uac-prompt\"<\/p>\n

Method 1: Turn On \/ Off UAC in WIndows 10 via Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Control Panel in Windows 10. Set the View by<\/strong> option to Large icons<\/strong>, and then click User Accounts<\/strong>.\n

    \"user-accounts\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Click on the Change User Account Control settings<\/strong> link.\n

    \"change-uac-settings\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. In order to turn off UAC, move the slider to the bottom (Never Notify) and click OK<\/strong>. If you want to turn on UAC, move the silder to the top (Always notify).\n

    \"uac-settings\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes<\/strong> to continue. Reboot your computer for the change to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Turn On \/ Off UAC in WIndows 10 via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R key combination, type in regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

      \"regedit-via-run\"<\/p>\n

      If prompted by UAC, click on Yes<\/strong> to continue.<\/li>\n

    2. In the left-side pane of Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
      \nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"EnableLUA\"<\/p>\n

      \tIn right-side pane, double-click EnableLUA<\/strong> to modify.<\/li>\n

    3. In the Value data box, type 0 if you want to turn off UAC, or type 1 to turn on UAC. Click OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"disable-uac-registry\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. Exit Registry Editor and reboot your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Turn On \/ Off UAC in WIndows 10 via Command Line<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Press the Windows + X key combination, and then select “Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>” from the popup menu. When prompted by UAC, click Yes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      2. To turn off UAC, copy and paste the following command in the Command Prompt, and press Enter.
        \n\treg.exe ADD HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System \/v EnableLUA \/t REG_DWORD \/d 0 \/f<\/code><\/p>\n

        \"disable-uac-via-cmd\"<\/p>\n

        \tTo turn on UAC, paste the following command into Command Prompt and press Enter.
        \nreg.exe ADD HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System \/v EnableLUA \/t REG_DWORD \/d 1 \/f<\/code><\/li>\n

      3. After you enable or disable UAC, you will have to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        When you try to install programs in administrator mode or make any system change, a UAC prompt will pop up that alerts you to confirm your changes or operations. As a personal computer user, you may not want to disable these UAC prompts. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to turn on or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894],"tags":[3186,3184,3185],"class_list":["post-8557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-disable-uac-from-command-line","tag-disable-uac-windows-10-registry","tag-turn-on-uac-in-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8557"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8570,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557\/revisions\/8570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}