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  • Erratum: Vista All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies and secpol.msc

    Posted on March 22, 2009 at 06:22 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Reader PM writes:

    I purchased Windows Vista All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies and tried to follow your instructions for disabling user account control. When I type in secpol.msc the search yields no results. Am I doing something wrong?

    Nope. What you’re doing is right.

    The latest edition of the book makes these corrections:

    Page 104 – replace the graf that starts “If you’re absolutely sure…” with the following :

    If you’re absolutely sure that UAC only gets in your way, and that it doesn’t contribute one iota to your system’s security, you have several options.

    You can turn off User Account Control completely. The quick way: click Start, then click your picture at the top of the right-hand column. Click Turn User Account Control On or Off. Uncheck the box marked Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer. Click OK and reboot your computer. Unfortunately, that approach turns off UAC for all users. Anyone using your computer with a Standard account won’t even be prompted to supply an administrator account and password.

    If you have Vista Business, Enterprise or Ultimate, there’s a much better way: you can selectively disable UAC prompts for Administrator accounts only. Unfortunately, this option doesn’t exist in Vista Home Basic or Premium; see Scott Dunn’s article in PC World for some alternatives.

    Microsoft removed secpol.msc from Vista Home Basic and Premium. That’s why you can’t find it.

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