Another Abstract
July 19, 2008
Windows Vista: Really Disable The UAC Nag, For Real.
July 19, 2008
Continuing the thread of blog posts related to disabling/un-annoyifying (yep, I made that up) Windows Vista and it’s UAC, here’s a way to really, really disable the UAC nag and get yourself real Administrator access like in Windows XP prior versions:
- Open “gpedit.msc”
(I’ve already followed these steps on my computer, so notice that the Run dialog has the note “This task will be created with administrative privileges.”)
- Once in Group Policy Editor, navigate to the following tree item:
Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
- Open the item “User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode” and choose the option “Elevate without prompting”
- Click OK and close Group Policy Editor.
You should be able to run programs with Administrator privileges by default. Granted, this is less secure, but that’s the way Windows has always been. 
(BTW, the original, older version of this post from Beta/RC versions of Vista can be found here: Vista Administrator Access Howto)
This article is pretty short, but I’ll try not to quote the whole thing verbatim, so you actually have a reason to check out the link I’m posting. =)
Open up Control Panel, and type in “UAC” into the search box. You’ll see a link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”:
On the next screen you should uncheck the box for “Use User Account Control (UAC)”, and then click on the OK button.
![uac1[1]](http://willwm.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/uac11.png)
![uac2[1]](http://willwm.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/uac21.png)
…Well, damn, that was pretty much the whole thing. Go check it out anyway. =)
Color Mash
July 19, 2008
Windows Vista: Run shortcut as Administrator
July 19, 2008
Along the same lines as the last post, here’s how to run a shortcut as Administrator either on-demand, or by default.
1. On-Demand
This one is pretty straightforward - right-click on any shortcut and choose “Run as Administrator”
2. By Default
A little more complicated, but only just a bit…
- Open the shortcut’s properties dialog.
- Choose the shortcut tab, then click “Advanced…”
- Check “Run as administrator”
- Hit OK on each of the dialogs to close them.
Now, this shortcut will always run in an Administrator role, similar to su or sudo on Unix/Linux.
There ye be. =)
How-To Geek: Run a Command as Administrator from the Windows Vista Run box (And re-enable the Start Menu -> "Run" option)
July 19, 2008
Now that I’ve finally made the leap to install Windows Vista on my home computer, I thought it might be useful to dig through some old (and new) guides to keep Vista from annoying me as much as it did when I first tried it out in beta. Luckily, things are going much more smoothly this time. Here’s a helpful tip from the How-To Geek about how to run a command as an Administrator from the Vista Run box.
FYI: The Run option is not enabled by default on the Start Menu. You’ll either need to open it by using the Win + R key combination or by enabling it through the Taskbar Properties, using the steps below:
- Right click on the taskbar, then choose properties.
- Once in the “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” dialog, click the “Start Menu” tab, then click “Customize…”
- Scroll down to the “Run command” option, and check it.
- Close the dialog.
Now, you’ll have the “Run…” command back in your Start Menu, but it’s worth noting that the newer Vista “Start Search” bar is a lot more versatile than the older “Run…” command. In either case, from “Start Search” or from “Run…”, the following steps will help you to run a command as an administrator (from How-To Geek):
To try this out, go to the run box and type in something (cmd, for example)
Now instead of hitting the Enter key, use Ctrl+Shift + Enter. You will be prompted with the obnoxious User Account Control dialog… but it will then open up a command prompt in Administrator mode.
(full quoted article via: Run a Command as Administrator from the Windows Vista Run box)
There ye be. =)
