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====== Disable User Account Control (UAC) completely ======
| @orange: **ATTENTION: User Account Control is a security feature. Deactivating it should only be done temporarily!** |

===== Deactivating via the registry =====

  - Start the [[en:windows:run_regedit|Start the registry editor]] 
  - Navigate to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
  - Set the EnableLUA (DWord) entry to 0
  - Restart

==== Alternative ====

Save and execute the following file by double-clicking on it. Confirm the query(s) and restart.

<file reg EnableLUA.reg>
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLUA"=dword:00000000
</file>

===== Deactivating via PowerShell =====

<code poweershell>
New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\poilicies\system -Name EnableLUA -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force
</code>

===== Attention =====

Changing this entry grants full administrator rights under Windows. This should only be used by experienced users and administrators who know what they are doing. Always remember: the user account control is a PROTECTION DEVICE, which is hereby overridden.