Monday, June 3, 2013

Completely Disable User Account Control (UAC) on server 2012

Microsoft has modified some settings for managing User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Server 2012. By default, UAC will be enabled in Windows Server 2012. 
There is a two-step process needed to disable User Account Control in Windows Server 2012.

First: Change UAC settings
1.       Select Start > Control Panel 
2.       Click System Security
3.       Under Action Center, choose Change User Account Control settings
4.       Move the slider bar down to the Never notify selection and click OK
5.       Reboot the machine for changes to take effect
 









 Step Two: Disable User Account Control policy
1.       To see your current UAC status, go to: control panel>system security>action center.
2.       To change the UAC policy, you need to go to the local security policy by running command secpol.msc or select Local Security Policy in the Tools menu in the server manager.
3.       Navigate to Local Policies>Security Options
4.       Select  the policy: User Account Controls: Run all administrators in Admin Approve Mode:
5.       Your default setting will have "Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode" enabled. Change this setting to Disabled
6.       Click Apply, then OK, and then restart the server to finish changing your settings






 


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