User Account Control (UAC) - Elevate Privilege Level

Information

This will show you how to elevate the administrator UAC Privilege Level to keep UAC on, but stop the annoying UAC elevation prompts for all administrator accounts. UAC will still be on and work as usuall for the Standard and Guests account types. For more information, see: Windows Help and How-To: What is User Account Control? Microsoft TechNet: Security: Inside Windows Vista User Account Control Microsoft TechNet: Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista Microsoft TechNet: The Long-Term Impact of User Account Control

NOTE

This will still leave Protected Mode: ON in Internet Explorer to.

WARNING

This can only be done while logged on to an administrator account.

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NOTE

This method is only available for the Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions. See Method Two below for the Vista Home Basic and Home Premium editions.

1. Open the Start Menu.
2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type secpol.msc and press Enter.
3. In the left pane, click on Local Policies. (See screenshot below)
4. Click on Security Options.
5. In the right pane, double click on User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode.

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6. To Elevate Administrators for no Prompting by UAC -
NOTE: When you elevate the administrator accounts privilege level, the Security Center will give you an alert warning notification in the notification area of the taskbar until you undo this. To turn this alert off, see: How to Disable or Enable the Security Center Alert Warning Notification in Vista

A) Click on the drop down arrow and change the setting to Elevate without prompting. (See screenshot below step 9)
B) Go to step 9.

7. To Have UAC Prompt Administrators for a Password -
NOTE: This will act just like it does in a Standard account by UAC asking you for the administrator password before continuing.

A) Click on the drop down arrow and change the setting to Prompt for credentials. (See screenshot below step 9)
B) Go to step 9.

8. To Have UAC Prompt Administrators for a Continue -
NOTE: This is the default setting for UAC asking the administrator to click on Continue to give permission.

A) Click on the drop down arrow and change the setting to Prompt for consent. (See screenshot below step 9)

9. Click OK to apply.

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10. Close the Local Security Policy window. Your Done.

NOTE

This method will work for all Vista versions.

Through a Download:
1. To Elevate Administrator Privilege -
NOTE: When you elevate the administrator accounts privilege level, the Security Center will give you an alert warning notification in the notification area of the taskbar until you undo this. To turn this alert off, see: How to Disable or Enable the Security Center Alert Warning Notification in Vista

A) Click on the download button below to download the Elevate_Administrator_Priviledge.reg file.
B) Go to step 3.

2. To Restore Default Settings -

A) Click on the download button below to download the Restore_Default_Settings.reg file.

3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.
4. Right click the .reg (On Desktop) file and click Merge.
5. Click on the Run button for Security Warning pop-up.
6. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted.
7. Logoff and logon, or restart the computer to apply the changes.
8. When done, you can delete the .reg file (On Desktop).


The Manual Way:
1. Open the Start Menu.
2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.
3. Click Continue button for UAC prompt.
4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
5. In the right pane, right click on ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin and click Modify.

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6. To Elevate Administrator Privilege Level -
NOTE: When you elevate the administrator accounts privilege level, the Security Center will give you an alert warning notification in the notification area of the taskbar until you undo this. To turn this alert off, see: How to Disable or Enable the Security Center Alert Warning Notification in Vista

A) Type 0 (Number) and click OK. (See screenshot below)

7. To Restore Default Settings -

A) Type 2 and click OK.

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8. Close regedit.
9. Logoff and logon, or restart the computer to apply the changes.