This is the second in a series of short exercises on Windows Server 2003, XP and Vista

User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows Vista that can help you prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. It works by prompting you for permission and the screen goes dark, when a task requires administrative rights, such as installing software or changing settings that affect other users as shown below:

Although UAC improves the security on Windows Vista it can become annoying and although not recommended this feature can be disabled

There are a number of ways available to disable this feature if required, the simplest is using the Control Panel as outlined in the following steps:

Note: Before proceeding with these steps it is important to realise that disabling UAC will make your system less secure, therefore ensure that you have up to date anti-spyware as well as anti-virus software

• From the Start menu select the Control Panel.
• Under User Account and Family settings click on the “Add or remove user account”.

• Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.
• Under the Choose the account you would like to change page, shown below

• Click on the “Go to the main User Account page” link shown below.

• Select “Turn User Account Control on or off”

• The check box “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer”. Remove (to disable) or add (enable) the check as required, when prompted reboot your computer.

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