In Windows Vista Home the screen goes dark when a UAC (User Account Control) window pops up. Microsoft refers to this as the Secure Desktop. However many people consider this to be rude an annoying behavior by their operating system. We’re going to show you how to turn it off.
For Windows Vista Home users, you will need to open up regedit via the start menu search box (Click Start –> type regedit.exe into the start/search box and press enter).
Browse down to this registry key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Right-click in the right-hand pane and create a new 32-bit DWORD value called PromptOnSecureDesktop, setting the value to 0 (zero).
Please note that this might make your computer less secure. We think its worth it!
It’s really that easy!
Download the Registry Fix
If your not too technically inclined or you just like the easy way out you can download, extract, and double-click on the TheGeekPub-DisableSecureDesktop.reg file to enter the information into the registry automatically. To reverse it use TheGeekPub-EnableSecureDesktop.reg file and your back to the original settings.
Download Link: Disable UAC Blackout Registry Fix
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