{"id":9368,"date":"2016-06-22T19:52:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=9368"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:13:55","slug":"enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable or Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 10, 8, 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you want to change User Account Control settings\u00a0in Windows operating system?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a common feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/create-password-reset-disk-windows-10-8-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 7, 8 and 10<\/a> operating systems which is called <strong>User Account Control<\/strong> (UAC). You might have seen that if you are going to install any application or make changes to it on your Windows computer, you see a user account control warning dialog box on your computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dialog box comes with a warning &#8220;<strong>Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?<\/strong>&#8221; Clicking <strong>Yes<\/strong> or <strong>No<\/strong> will close the box.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9377 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control.png\" alt=\"user account control\" width=\"704\" height=\"408\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control.png 704w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are still now able to understand what user account control (UAC) means, you can check the next part of this post where all the important information related to user account control settings has explained. So, let\u2019s see now &#8211; what is user account control and how to <strong>enable or disable user account control <\/strong>(UAC) in Windows 10, 8, or 7 operating systems?<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; border: 0px dashed #555; padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">You may also be interested in checking out:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-usb-selective-suspend-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable USB Selective Suspend in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-run-as-different-user-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable Right-Click \u201cRun as different user\u201d in Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-fast-user-switching-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 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href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/#What_is_User_Account_Control_UAC\" title=\"What is User Account Control (UAC)?\">What is User Account Control (UAC)?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/#How_to_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_Control_in_Windows_10_and_8\" title=\"How to Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 10 and 8\">How to Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 10 and 8<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/#Method_1_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_control_in_Windows_10_from_Control_Panel\" title=\"Method 1: Enable or Disable User Account control in Windows 10 from Control Panel\">Method 1: Enable or Disable User Account control in Windows 10 from Control Panel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/#Method_2_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_Control_in_Windows_8_from_MSCONFIG\" title=\"Method 2: Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 8 from MSCONFIG\">Method 2: Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 8 from MSCONFIG<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/#How_to_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_Control_in_Windows_7\" title=\"How to Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 7\">How to Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 7<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_User_Account_Control_UAC\"><\/span>What is User Account Control (UAC)?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>User Account Control (UAC)<\/strong> is a useful feature which is present in almost all Windows operating systems. This feature allows you to manage the applications when you are trying to make any changes to them. If you are planning to do some changes in any application installed in your computer at <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/run-command-prompt-administrator-windows-10-8-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">administrative<\/a> level, then you will see a warning. You have to give permission to the computer so that changes can be done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also very easily adjust the permission level of your user account in order to use the user account control feature according to your wish.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_Control_in_Windows_10_and_8\"><\/span>How to Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 10 and 8<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If by any reasons you didn&#8217;t want to have this feature on your Windows PC, you can enable user account control or disable user account control using these steps. Follow the methods shared below to enable or disable user account control in Windows 10 or Windows 8 computer:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_1_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_control_in_Windows_10_from_Control_Panel\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 1:<\/span> Enable or Disable User Account control in Windows 10 from Control Panel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong>\u00a0First of all, click on the start button and then enter <span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>User Control<\/em><\/span>. You will see \u201c<strong>Change User Account Control Settings<\/strong>\u201d in the search results. Click on\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> You will see a screen on your computer screen which will show different options. From here you can change user account control settings. The options which you can select from here are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Always Notify Me when<\/strong>:\u00a0Programs try to install software or make changes to my computer and when I make changes to Windows settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer<\/strong>:\u00a0 Don\u2019t notify me when I make changes to Windows settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer (Without Dimming the desktop)<\/strong>:\u00a0Don\u2019t notify me when I make changes to Windows settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Never Notify me when<\/strong>:\u00a0Programs try to install software or make changes to my computer and when I make changes to Windows settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are the four different options which you will see in user account control settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-10.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9376 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-10.png\" alt=\"user account control Windows 10\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-10.png 640w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-10-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-10-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to enable user account control, you can select the first option (<strong>Always Notify Me when<\/strong>) whereas if you want to disable user account control you can select the last option (<strong>Never Notify me when<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_2_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_Control_in_Windows_8_from_MSCONFIG\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 2:<\/span> Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 8 from MSCONFIG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is another helpful method which you can follow to enable or disable user account control in Windows 8 PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong>\u00a0At first, open <strong>Run<\/strong> dialog box on your computer by pressing combination of <strong>Windows + R<\/strong> keys together and type <strong>msconfig<\/strong> and then press Enter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> From the window which will appear on your computer, select <strong>System Configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Now you have to choose <strong>Tools<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> In the Tools menu, you have to choose <strong>Change UAC Settings<\/strong> and select the launch option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> Here you will see 4 options [Always Notify Me when,\u00a0Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer,\u00a0Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer (Don\u2019t Dim Desktop),\u00a0Never Notify Me when.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-8.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9375 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-8.png\" alt=\"user account control Windows 8\" width=\"644\" height=\"551\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-8.png 644w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-8-150x128.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-8-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-8-70x60.png 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To enable user account control you can select the <strong>Always Notify Me when<\/strong> option whereas if you want to disable user account control you can select the <strong>Never Notify Me when<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You may also be interested in checking out: <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/mouse-pointer-automatically-moves-to-upper-left-corner-of-screen-in-windows-8-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix Mouse Pointer Automatically Moves to Upper-Left Corner of Screen in Windows 8.1<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Enable_or_Disable_User_Account_Control_in_Windows_7\"><\/span>How to Enable or Disable User Account Control in Windows 7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are using Windows 7 and want to enable or disable user account control in Windows 7 you can follow the steps which we have shared below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> Click the <strong>Start<\/strong> button and using the Start search box, enter <strong>UAC<\/strong> to open user account control settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> In the search results, you will see <strong>Change User Account Control Settings<\/strong>. Select this option as it will help you to change user account control settings. If you see a dialog box, press <strong>Yes<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Now you will see 4 options or settings which will say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Always Notify Me when.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer. (Don\u2019t Dim Desktop)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Never Notify Me when.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> If you want to enable user control settings then\u00a0select the first option (<strong>Always Notify Me when<\/strong>) whereas if you want to turn off user account control then\u00a0choose the last option (<strong>Never Notify Me when<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-7.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9374 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-7.png\" alt=\"user account control Windows 7\" width=\"660\" height=\"483\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-7.png 660w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-7-150x110.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/user-account-control-Windows-7-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can see how simple is to <strong>change user account control settings<\/strong> in Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7 operating system. You might also like to see:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-or-disable-taskbar-thumbnail-preview-in-windows-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable or Disable Taskbar Thumbnail Preview in Windows 7<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope you liked our guide how to <strong>turn User Account Control on or off<\/strong> in Windows. If you are not happy with user account control notifications you can enable it or completely turn off user account control using the above mentioned methods. We have tested these methods and they work perfectly on Windows 7, 8 and 10 computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the above mentioned steps carefully in order to <strong>change user account control settings<\/strong> and easily get rid of frequent warning \u201c<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?<\/em><\/span>\u201d while making a change that requires <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/run-command-prompt-administrator-windows-10-8-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">administrator-level permission in Windows<\/a> computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to change User Account Control settings\u00a0in Windows operating system? 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