Enable or Disable UAC

UAC stands for User Account Control. It's just similar to "sudo" in Linux; Microsoft copies the idea from UNIX world and create a GUI for it.

Here's the quick ways to enable or disable the UAC using command line or GUI.

Disable UAC (command line)
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f


Disable UAC (mouse)

• Open up Control Panel, type in "user account" in the search box.
• See the link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off" and click it.
• Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer. You should be done with obnoxious prompts!

Enable UAC (command line)
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f