Vista turn on/off UAC

[Mike Doty]

Anyone willing to test whether these turn UAC on and off using Vista?
Documentation states computer must be restarted after running these to take effect.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...command-prompt

@REM UACOFF.BAT   Turn off UAC in Vista
@REM http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...command-prompt
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
EXIT

@REM UACON.BAT   Turn on UAC in Vista
@REM http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...command-prompt
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
EXIT

[Edwin Knoppert]

HKLM?
I think you need admin rights anyway.

[Mike Stefanik]

Yup. To modify a key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE you need to have elevated privleges, so it would require that you run the shell as an administrator. Personally I'd just use secpol.msc and adjust things as needed.

[Mike Doty]

Would this work for an admin that doesn't want or need Vista?
I'm getting calls from people that want to go back to XP and thought this might help.

[Michael Mattias]

>I'm getting calls from people that want to go back to XP and thought this might help.

I wonder if those who want to go back to Windows/XP specifically because of the UAC default settings on Vista are the same people who curse Microsoft for leaving gaping security holes in their systems.

[Mike Doty]

No, they are small business people trying to run a business and were forced into Vista.

[Greg Lyon]

Vista Home Basic and Home Premium don't have secpol.msc.

Instead of turning UAC off completely, you can use TweakUAC's "quiet mode".

Personally, I have gotten used to UAC, so I leave it on most of the time. If I need to, I'll use "quiet mode".

[Paul Squires]

Once I turned off UAC, Vista became much more enjoyable for me. With it on, it was an incredible annoyance.

[Kev Peel]

How I Deal with UAC

For developers, always off (unless you have a test machine, then keep it on)

For Joe User, always on. If your app is not compatible, fix it, or announce you do not support Vista, because if it's not ready for Vista UAC, then it's not Vista compatible.