Disabling UAC with TweakUAC? Vista 64

Heres the freeware...most say to just set it to quiet mode so theres no compatability/security issues.....anyone run this? Is it safe?
http://www.tweak-uac.com/home/

I would just disable the UAC in msconfig but I have heard disabling it may cause problems and that just setting it to not prompt "quiet" yet keeping it live, is better

 

not disabling it at all or silencing would be best. but i guess it just changes the policy settings, which is not doable by default in non-business vistas.

it still is manually doable in the registry, if one knows where to look for.

not that i support changing uac at all. if you have quite some uac popups, better find out why, as it shouldn't be that way. fixing it gives you more cheese, and the reward is cheese..

 

That software sounds suspicious to me. LOL.
It modifies the UAC which we don't know what exactly it does to the UAC.
Anyway, my UAC always not in my sight. Can't live with UAC and don't warn me or advise me or telling anything about the benefits of having UAC(heard it a lot and know it a lot). LOL.

 

No TweakUAC is legit..
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=518

I would like to have the UAC protection and just not the prompts to elevate. Quiet mode does this...but the little red X ballon in my tray may annoy me ; (

 

It is "legit" in some sense, but don't kid yourself... it neuters UAC to the point where it's not providing much more protection than just turning it off entirely.

Still, if you really want the prompts off, and you've already installed your programs, this will help avoid some of the compatibility problems you might have with turning it off the regular way.

 

Thanks Swarmer. I guess I could do without the extra program (TweakUAC) anyway. Im leaning towrds just turning UAC off then. Are there any incompatabilities or issues with it totally disabled? I mean how important is protected mode with UAC on IE7 anyway? I run Avira AV and Superantispyware currently with windows defender off and firewall on.

 

Disabling/enabling UAC can mess with programs that are already installed, because file and registry virtualization is turned on/off and all of a sudden the program can't find stuff. If this happens, you can probably fix it by reinstalling the program. If you set it one way or the other first and then install all your programs, you should be ok.

IMO, UAC helps ensure that you don't inadvertently making system changes. I keep it on but if I were to run with it off, I'd use Firefox, keep your OS up to date, and leave system restore on in case something gets messed up somehow -- mostly good advice anyway. I'd run some real-time antispyware too, even Defender... the free SAS doesn't have real-time protection as far as I know.

 

Obviously, not as much as you think.

Gary

 

I've had my UAC disabled for about 6 months now, and haven't had any problems (so far). I'm pretty cautious though, and have followed all of swarmer's suggestions except that I use IE8 instead of FireFox. So far, so good. . .

 

how often, and when, do you have UAC popups.

if you disable it with that tool, it's essentially gone, so any virus can get administrator rights.

yes, you're most likely still save, but never blame it on windows, then, if anything goes wrong, as you take away his lone chance to protect itself, with you being his trusted friend.

so what you really should do, is list, when you get uac popups, and we teach you how to fix them. in a GOOD installation, you never have uac poping up during the day. NEVER. just as my systems, and all of my friends systems.

i so far met one pc, where uac has to be disabled, and it's a media center style system, where the recording could fail once some uac pops up, as the video recording application is crap.

 

Thanks guys. I decided to just the leave the UAC on. It only comes up when I open my HWMonitor and also going into system configs etc. which is a given..Swarmer to the best of my knowledge, free SuperAntiSpyware is real time. I run Avira AV Free, SuperAntiSpyware Free, Turned Windows Defender off for performance boost and have Widows Firewall turned On. No issues yet. That is pretty sufficient I believe. Sound ok? Thanks

 

Oh and btw I noticed at idle I run about 60 programs/services and my RAM is using 1.20 GB. System runs fast and great I am just wondering if this is out of the norm or any suggestions on tweaking (yes I know I can customize my startup programs and delete random running services) but other than that? Only things ever in tray are Avira, Antispyware, and Windows Update constantly asking to update to SP2 (which Im not doing ; )

 

Spoken like the guy who drives around town without a seatbelt as if it is something to brag and be proud of.

Gary

 

i know such guys, and they believe it's something to brag i prefer to brag that i have UAC under my control, instead of "oh i don't get, i just got rid of it"

that's to brag i even have UAC in my car.. if i don't wear my seatbelt, it beeps around like hell

 

If UAC is going nuts you are running some funky software and really should be asking why, not turning UAC off.

I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of people who "need" to turn UAC off are infected and the numerous issues are due to a social engineering component of the malware.

UAC prompts are extremely rare and usually worthy of note at this point.
(assuming you are up-to-date)