Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows

1 Open the Local Security Policy (secpol.msc).

2 Expand open Local Policies and Security Options in the left pane of Local Security Policy, and double click/tap on the User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode policy to edit it. (see screenshot below)

3 Do step 4 (enable) or step 5 (disable) below for what you would like to do.

4 To Enable User Account Control (UAC)

This is the default setting.

A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

5 To Disable User Account Control (UAC)

A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

6 When finished, close the Local Security Policy window.

Restart the computer to apply. (see screenshots below)