Uninstall User Account Control (UAC) ?

Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
consequences?
As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

UAC is designed to make you stop and think before taking an action
that could potentially cause problems. Leave it be.

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"Valentin" <> wrote in message news:...
Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
consequences?
As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

User Accounts has a hotlink to do that.

Security Inside Windows Vista User Account Control -- TechNet Magazine, June
2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...C/default.aspx

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"Valentin" <> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
> consequences?
> As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
> give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
> silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

"Valentin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
> consequences?
> As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
> give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
> silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

You can turn it off. Please go to:

Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control on or off.

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BobF.

"Valentin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
> consequences?
> As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
> give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
> silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

How to disable:
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

Potential Issues:
http://www.tweak-uac.com/

There's many other sources similar to these.

"Valentin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
> consequences?
> As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
> give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
> silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

The machine is very vulnerable to viruses and worms without UAC !

Aaron

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:58:12 -0500, "Valentin"
<> wrote:

> Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any negative
> consequences?


You can't uninstall it, but you can turn it off.


> As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd "to
> give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
> silly question: "Windows needs your permission".


What you may not be realizing is that Windows can't distinguish
between you and an intruder. If you turn it off, you will give
automatic permission to yourself, but also to everyone and everything
else--including malware.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Valentin;632026 Wrote:
> Is it possible to uninstall UAC? And if it is, will there be any
> negative
> consequences?
> As an "Administrator" of my Vista Home Premium computer I find it odd
> "to
> give permission to myself" every time the UAC window comes up with that
> silly question: "Windows needs your permission".

Hi Valentin,

Some programs may have compatibility issues with UAC turned off. You
would be better off elevating your administrator account to not be
bothered by the UAC permission prompts but still have UAC on. This will
show you how.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80...ege-level.html

Shawn


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On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:52:27 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>What you may not be realizing is that Windows can't distinguish
>between you and an intruder. If you turn it off, you will give
>automatic permission to yourself, but also to everyone and everything
>else--including malware.

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And that's poor programming IMHO. Microsoft should be able to tell
that an install or whatever was initiated by my mouse click rather
than by software. And thus not have to badger me three times about
what I already manually told it to do.

Or not...

When you say "turning it off gives automatic permission...", I presume
this is no worse than the existing state of affairs in XP? i.e.
Microsoft didn't to anything to actually make the problem worse?

Bill

>>>Microsoft should be able to tell that an install or whatever was
>>>initiated by my mouse click rather than by software.<<<

Hi Bill,

Not the case at all. A mouse click is done by code and what about the
Keyboard? how would they distinguish that?. A mouse click and Keyboard can
be programmed without you ever touching it, so there is no way for MS to
program anything that could tell the difference if you or an automatic code
pressed the buttons or keys.

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"Bill Martin" <> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:52:27 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>>What you may not be realizing is that Windows can't distinguish
>>between you and an intruder. If you turn it off, you will give
>>automatic permission to yourself, but also to everyone and everything
>>else--including malware.
>
> ------------------------
>
> And that's poor programming IMHO. Microsoft should be able to tell
> that an install or whatever was initiated by my mouse click rather
> than by software. And thus not have to badger me three times about
> what I already manually told it to do.
>
> Or not...
>
> When you say "turning it off gives automatic permission...", I presume
> this is no worse than the existing state of affairs in XP? i.e.
> Microsoft didn't to anything to actually make the problem worse?
>
> Bill