Computer trivia

Have you ever noticed that Vista asks user permission whenever any executable is opened. This was introduced to make Vista more secure by not giving super user permissions to any program in Vista. Any program will only have a privilege level that it requires, even if it is the windows command prompt.

Though this is something very useful and highly recommended, sometimes you may find it frustrating to click on ‘continue’ each time you open an executable. There is a way to disable User Account Control in Vista. Here are the steps.

- Open Control Panel in Vista

- In the search box at the top right corner, search for ‘disable UAC’

- In the search results, click on ‘Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure’

- Now uncheck the box against ‘Use  User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer’

- Click OK

Thus you have disabled UAC. Though it is possible to disable UAC, I would strongly recommend not to disable this unless you are very much frustrated by the repeated alerts.

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