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Disable UAC from the Command Line (Vista and 7)

If your a Windows 7 or Windows Vista user, they you have probably noticed that they are the most irritating operating systems on the planet to deal with.  Windows Vista would be at the top of my “Most obnoxious operating system list”.  It’s all because of a “feature” Microsoft added known as UAC (User Access Control).

UAC is designed to make your system more secure.  You should not disable UAC if you are not a fairly technically savvy user.

With that said, let’s get rid of this annoying thing once and for all. Probably the quickest way to disable UAC is from the command line.

To Disable UAC from the Command line:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v
EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

To Enable UAC from the Command line:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v
EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

After enabling or disabling UAC from the command line you will need to reboot for the change to take effect.  It’s really that simple!

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