If you are a Windows Vista Home Basic or Home Premium user and want to Tweak UAC (User Account Control) settings using the Local Policy Editor secpol.msc, then you’ll be out of luck cause secpol.msc is a part of Group Policy Editor and its not included in Vista Home editions.
But don’t worry, the same settings can be applied using Windows Registry Editor, so you can also enjoy the UAC Tweaks in Windows Vista Home editions using registry editor.
- Open the Registry Editor in Windows Vista by type regedit in the run box and press enter. Go to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies
- Under Policies key look for a key with the name “System“. If its not present then create it by right-click on Policies key and select “New -> Key” and give it name “System“.
- Now select “System” key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD value to apply the desired tweak as mentioned in following list:
User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
DWORD Value – FilterAdministratorToken
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Allow UIAccess applications to prompt for elevation without using the secure desktop.
DWORD Value – EnableUIADesktopToggle
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode
DWORD Value – ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin
Elevate without prompting – 0
Prompt for credentials – 1
Prompt for consent – 2
User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users
DWORD Value – ConsentPromptBehaviorUser
Automatically deny elevation requests – 0
Prompt for credentials – 1
User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation
DWORD Value – EnableInstallerDetection
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Only elevate executables that are signed and validated
DWORD Value – ValidateAdminCodeSignatures
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations
DWORD Value – EnableSecureUIAPaths
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode
DWORD Value – EnableLUA
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation
DWORD Value – PromptOnSecureDesktop
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations
DWORD Value – EnableVirtualization
To Enable – 1
To Disable – 0
Important:There are a variety of Registry Keys in Windows Vista Home Basic or Home Premium editions related to various UAC(User Account Control) functions. The one that has the most direct and significant impact for a home user running as an Administrator on Windows Vista Home though is ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin.
If you double-click this key, you will be able to change the value of the DWORD associated with it. There are three possible values you can use:
- 0 = Do not prompt. Setting this value to zero effectively disables UAC and allows programs and tasks to execute without first requiring consent to elevate privileges
- 1 = Prompt for credentials. When this key is set to ‘1′, UAC will prompt for user credentials- a username and password- rather than simply asking for consent. This is a higher level of security than the standard UAC consent because it requires entering a password for a valid, authorized account each time.
- 2 = Prompt for consent. This is the default setting. When UAC is set to prompt for consent, any action or execution that requires elevated administrative privileges will result in the darkened screen and UAC pop-up to verify consent before proceeding.
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