by Saurabh
20. September 2006 17:45
Disabling UAC prompts for Administrator accounts in Multi-User scenario…
Perhaps my first blog post with a sub-title. 
After 12 days since I thought of writing about this tip I almost gave up thinking it will never see light of the day. I've been busy with a lot of things, so I am happy that I am finally able to publish it. Now, there may be so many articles and blogs showing you how to disable UAC that if you search using these 2 words it will generate thousands of results. But if you disable UAC from the Control Panel it wouldn't be a Power Tip would it?
This tip is supposed to be used in a Multi-User scenario, i.e. where there are more than one users using a Vista machine and you wish to "get rid of" UAC prompts for your Administrator accounts. In a single user environment this tip may not be as productive.
What we are trying to accomplish here is change the behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators to automatic i.e. administrators will no more be prompted for elevation of privileges, it's done automatically.
Note:
To perform the following procedure, you must be logged into a client computer as a local administrator.
To change the elevation prompt behavior follow the following steps.
- Click Start, click Accessories, click All Programs, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open text box, and then click OK.
- If UAC is currently configured to prompt for consent, the Windows Security dialog box will appear. Click Allow.
- From the Local Security Settings console tree, click Local Policies, and then Security Options.
- Scroll down to and double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators
- From the drop-down menu, select "No Prompt"
Also note that Security Center will warn you that User Account Control is turned off. I don't know if this behavior will change by the RTM or not, I don't think it will. However, I would like to see a warning message that is more factually accurate.
Disclaimer: I do not believe disabling UAC is a good idea, even though it's an annoyance at times. To know more about UAC and it's architecture visit this TechNet page.
-- It's really nice to see that atleast this section of TechNet has been "Vistafied".