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UAC, better known as User Access Control is a new feature of Windows Vista. UAC is meant to improve the security of your system. Each time an application is installed or whenever an important system change is made by the user or by a running process, the screen is blacked out and temporarily disabled and a dialog is shown with the choices to allow or deny the action, as shown as below.

If you aren’t logged as an administrator, Windows Vista will also ask for the administrator password. Like mentioned before this is to improve the security of your system, however if you are an experienced power user it is quite likely that you find UAC extremely annoying, just like me!

Before I go on; Disabling UAC is not recommended by Microsoft because it can make your system unstable, however in my case I haven’t experienced anything weird and my system is very stable!

There are many ways to disable UAC, but I prefer this method. Even after rebooting your system, there is no way that UAC will ever start again.

1. Press Windows Key + R in order to load the run box.
2. Type “msconfig” in the run box, or in the search box in Vista Start menu, to load MS config and click OK.
3. Once MSConfig is loaded, click on the Tools menu.
4. Select Disable UAC in the menu then click OK.
5. By doing this, you’ll disable UAC. If you wish to re-enable UAC, follow the steps above but click Enable UAC instead.

You can also enable or disable UAC from the Control Panel if you want to.

1. Type UAC in the search box, Click on the first result which will be: “User Accounts – Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off.”
2. The UAC window will open. Deselect the option Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer and press the OK button, as shows as below, and your done!

Which method you prefer to use, Windows Vista needs to be restarted. After the restart, UAC will be disabled and you’ll be done with those annoying prompts!