Disabling the confirmation boxes in Vista

Wolverine690 · Feb 14, 2008

There were some threads about disabling those annoying boxes that pop up like a million times asking you are you sure, you're sure, that you're sure you want to do this, but I can't find them & they are driving me nuts.lol

I vaguely remember it being in the security area somewhere but I cant' remember for sure. Please help me.lol

thanks...

smokie mcpott · Feb 14, 2008

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

Hipcrostino · Feb 14, 2008

UAC - User Account Control.

stupidest thing M$ could have done. Reason enough for me not to buy Vista!

torin3 · Feb 14, 2008

Hipcrostino said:
UAC - User Account Control.

stupidest thing M$ could have done. Reason enough for me not to buy Vista!

Actually the concept isn't bad, but until they can get the software writers to go along with it, it is annying and just training people to click yes to anything that pops up.

Wolverine690 · Feb 14, 2008

Hipcrostino said:
UAC - User Account Control.

stupidest thing M$ could have done. Reason enough for me not to buy Vista!

In theroy I think it's a good thing, for the common computer stupid person, kind of a verification so they don't go & accidently delete their Windows Directory or some such.lol (I know that wouldn't happen just an example)

But yeah easiest enough to disable & makes my Vista life much happier.lol I just really wish I had 64bit Vista.

redduc900 · Feb 15, 2008

Instead of disabling UAC completely, you can disable the UAC prompts and still retain UAC security (like Protected Mode in IE) by merging the following registry edit...

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000000

The default Value data for the ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin DWORD is 2, which results in the darkened screen and UAC pop-up to verify consent before proceeding.

Hipcrostino · Feb 15, 2008

torin3 said:
Actually the concept isn't bad, but until they can get the software writers to go along with it, it is annying and just training people to click yes to anything that pops up.

Its a STUPID idea. Its a half arsed way to go about it. Putting the responsibility completly on the user is NOT the way it should have ever been done. It was a slack move by M$.

I'm not saying i could have done better, but they should have been able too!

[rant] And then to have that bloody warning popup in the tray when you disable UAC! OF COURSE I WANTED IT DISABLED! I DISBLED IT! it means i have to turn off the warning prompts so now i don't get a warning if anything else goes wrong! FFS! [/rant]

redduc900 · Feb 15, 2008

Hipcrostino said:
And then to have that bloody warning popup in the tray when you disable UAC! OF COURSE I WANTED IT DISABLED! I DISBLED IT! it means i have to turn off the warning prompts so now i don't get a warning if anything else goes wrong! FFS!

For what it's worth, you can disable only the UAC pop-up without disabling the Security Center notifications altogether. Start | Run | Type regedit, and click OK | Expand the following branch...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | Microsoft | Security Center

Create the following DWORD Value name in the RH pane: UacDisableNotify, w/ a value of 1. You'll need to reboot for the change to take effect.

glockjs · Feb 15, 2008

there is no run anymore, only searches

but yeah probably one of the most annoying things in vista. good thing its a one time only fix. that and having to remember to right click run as admin x.O

redduc900 · Feb 15, 2008

glockjs said:
there is no run anymore, only searches

Although the Run box isn't shown on the Start menu by default, it can be added to the Start menu via the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties applet.

Ebola · Feb 15, 2008

glockjs said:
there is no run anymore, only searches

but yeah probably one of the most annoying things in vista. good thing its a one time only fix. that and having to remember to right click run as admin x.O

Just type cmd, mmc, \\networkpath\, etc in the search box. same functionality.

Yojo · Feb 16, 2008

redduc900 said:
For what it's worth, you can disable only the UAC pop-up without disabling the Security Center notifications altogether. Start | Run | Type regedit, and click OK | Expand the following branch...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | Microsoft | Security Center

Create the following DWORD Value name in the RH pane: UacDisableNotify, w/ a value of 1. You'll need to reboot for the change to take effect.

For some reason this did not work for me, even after the reboot.

redduc900 said:
Instead of disabling UAC completely, you can disable the UAC prompts and still retain UAC security (like Protected Mode in IE) by merging the following registry edit...

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000000

The default Value data for the ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin DWORD is 2, which results in the darkened screen and UAC pop-up to verify consent before proceeding.

This however did work for me, without a restart too.
I'm using Vista Business with specs listed in my signature.

redduc900 · Feb 16, 2008

I think a recent WU removed the ability to disable the Security Center UAC popup via the UACDisableNotify DWORD.

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