How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?

windows-8 security administrator uac

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Solution 1

If you go to Administrative Tools → Local Security Policy, navigate to to Local Policies → Security Options, in the left side of the window, and scroll down to the button.

You should be able to disable User Account Control completely.

Solution 2

Open a Command Prompt and enter "shutdown /r /o" this will take a moment or two but eventually it will open up a menu. Choose Troubleshooting -> Advanced Options -> Startup Settings.

The OS will then begin restarting. Once it's started it will list another set of options. Choose "Safe Mode" and continue.

Once the OS has fully restarted and your at the login screen, login to the account labeled "Administrator"

From here, open command prompt once again, running it as Administrator (right click -> Run as Admin) and enter this command "net user Administrator /active:yes"

Reboot the operating system once more and let it boot up normally. Now when you login, login and use the Administrator account and you should never be prompted for UAC.

Solution 3

For windows 10, you will need to set the policy "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode" to security setting "Elevate without prompting".

To set this property : Go to Administrative Tools → Local Security Policy, navigate to to Local Policies → Security Options;

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Bob

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Bob over 1 year

I am learning the MSBuild build system.

In the documentation located here, for example, I keep seeing this phrase.

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

What does it mean?
Arnold Zokas over 11 years

Thanks for the tip. Got it working by setting "User Account Control: Turn on Admin Approval Mode" to Disabled.
Zyumar over 11 years

Sadly this also disables the ability to launch any "Metro" App at all.
Moab over 11 years

Its not sad, Its a Windows feature, makes my day to disable the app model.
Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 over 11 years

Anyone know/confirm if this will work on the "Home" version of Windows 8?
Charles Prakash Dasari over 11 years

@Arnold where did you find that setting? I could not locate that.
natli about 11 years

Setting "User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin approval mode." to disabled and rebooting did the trick for me. I no longer get applications complaining I should have started in admin mode or approval requests when copying files.
paddotk about 10 years

Where did you find this? I have scoured through the control panel, yet couldn't find any link to 'Local security policy' or 'Administrative tools'.
Hornbech about 10 years

You should be able to find it here: Control Panel --> System and Security --> Administrative Tools --> Local Secutiry Policy.
Rudey about 10 years

@poepje You need Windows 8 Pro to find it.
paddotk about 10 years

@RuudLenders That must be it then, thanks. Too bad though :p
gustavohenke over 9 years

For those that don't have Windows 8 Pro, the same config is in the registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion‌\Policies\System and then EnableLUA. Set the value to 0.
Hitesh Sahu over 7 years

Do the step "login to the account labeled Administrator" will need Admin login ?
Stephen Rauch almost 7 years

Can you explain how to set this?
Pyromonk over 3 years

Doesn't seem to work under 8.1 Pro. The policy is disabled (by default), but the prompts are still present.
Pyromonk over 3 years

Doesn't seem to work under 8.1 Pro either.