the way) move to the Tools tab and locate: Disable UAC hit the Launch button and that's it, reboot your system. Every single method does the same with the same result. Happy "unsafe" Vista Experience.! There's even another way: hit your window key + R AND TYPE: MSCONFIG, this will open the System Configuration Tool (a very useful tool by the way) move to the Tools tab and locate: Disable UAC hit the Launch button and that's it, reboot your system. Every single method does the same with the same result. Happy "unsafe" Vista Experience.! Most of the people here see the UAC as a "security feature", as a firewall or an antivirus. In fact, it is not. Strictly speaking, it warns you when you do something that has a potential impact on other profiles/users on the same machine and then asks you to confirm. It has nothing to deal with "computer security", but more about "profile security". If you are the single user on the computer, the added value is poor because except yourself you may not harm anybody, and as some said most people click yes and then read the question. But for others users, it does not show a shield and asks you to confirm: it claims for the administrator password. If you are a family and share a computer, as a Daddy that bought your brand new PC with Vista OEM, you will be glad not to see your computer in a mess every week because