Hack Windows Vista’s User Account Control

What is the most annoying feature of Windows Vista?

Probably your answer would be UAC (User account control).

Whenever you try making any changes this UAC prompt will appear & you have to click on Continue again n again. In case if you are not logged in into an administrator account or any least privileged user it may ask you for password as well.

Understanding UAC

Before we start hacking the UAC you should know what UAC is. Windows Vista has the feature of automatically trim the possibility of security breeches in the system. It does that by automatically enabling a feature called UAC. The UAC forces users that are part of the local administrators group to run like they were regular users with no administrative privileges. Whenever any user tries to make any changes in the system this so called UAC halts the operation & the user to acknowledge it prior to running the task In case of least privileged user the UAC prompts for the password as well. If a malware somehow gets loose in your system UAC help your system protect as the malware wont be able to type in the password or click on the continue button to proceed.

Hacking UAC

Though User Account Control (UAC) is Vista’s default behavior but luckily you are not stuck with it anymore.

Easy Procedure:

• Go to Control Panel

• Type “UAC” in the search box
• Turn the UAC off

• After that you should uncheck the box for “Use User Account Control (UAC)”, & then click on the OK button.
• Restart your windows as it requires you to restart before the changes take effect.

Alternative Procedure:

• Type in “regedit” in the search box or in the Run command prompt & press Enter
• Access HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
• Double Click “ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin”
• Change the DWORD Value

0 = Do not prompt

1 = Prompt for credentials

2 = Prompt for consent

• Restart

(There is a fine line between feeling secure and feeling imprisoned)