In order to fully disable UAC in Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 aside from setting UAC to ’Never Notify’ there is an additional step that must be done.
Open the Registry editor and browse to the following location:
Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Find the following key:
Key: EnableLUA
and if the value reads 1, right click and select Modify and change the value data to 0
Reboot the workstation.
If you’d like to keep UAC enabled on Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, please add the following key:
Navigate regedit to the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Created DWORD key:
EnableLinkedConnections
Assign the key value:
1
Reboot for the setting to take effect.
Article ID: 18
Created: July 30, 2014
Last Updated: August 19, 2025
Author: TDO KB [web_admin@tdo4endo.com]
Online URL: https://kb.tdo4endo.com/article.php?id=18