User Account Control, or UAC, is a security mechanism built into Windows. Here's how to change its protection level and whether you should disable it.

How to change User Account Control settings in Windows 7 UAC was one of Vista's most annoying features, and it's still hanging around like a bad smell in Windows 7.

Control Panel There’s an easy-to-use slider-style option in Control Panel to disable User Account Control. Open Control Panel.

To fix You must restart your computer to turn off User Account Contro l error; follow these steps: Open the Registry Editor on your Windows computer.