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August 31, 2007

Disabling User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista

In Windows Vista UAC is designed to make sure that you want to run things that could change things on you computer. Sometimes it causes issues with InstallShield, which is used to create the installations for our programs.

This FAQ entry shows how to disable UAC to allow our programs to install without errors.

Vista Start Menu

  • Click on Start, then on Control Panel.
Vista Control Panel

  • Click on User Accounts.
Vista User Accounts

  • Click on large-sized user accounts.
Vista User Account Settings

  • Click on Turn User Account Control on or off. You will need to have an Administrator type account to do this.

Vista User Account Control

  • Check the Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer and click OK. You will be asked to restart the computer. Once this is done our programs will install properly.
  • Once the program is installed, it is recommended to repeat these steps to enable UAC.

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