Disabling the User Account Control (UAC) feature on my Windows Vista

Although UAC clearly improves the security on Windows Vista, under some scenarios you might want to disable. Some home users might be tempted to disable UAC because of the additional mouse clicking it brings into their system, however I  recommend not to do so, it’s put there for a reason, try to get used to it instead.

If you really have to though, there are four ways of doing it, Using the MSCONFIG feature which is the easiest and fastest way to do it, using regedit (I don’t recommend messing with your registry files unless you know what you’re doing), using the control panel and also by using group policy especially if the machine is on a network.

I’m going to give the steps for disabling UAC in vista using the MSCONFIG feature

Using MSCONFIG

1. Launch MSCONFIG by from the Run menu.
2. Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down till you find "Disable UAC”. Click on that line.

3. Press the Launch button.
4. A CMD window will open. When the command is done, you can close the window.
5. Close MSCONFIG. You need to reboot the computer for changes to apply.

You can always re-enable the UAC feature by selecting the "Enable UAC" line and then clicking on the Launch button.