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Microsoft's User Account Control (UAC) has had a bad reputation among the tech community since the
launch of Windows Vista. In Windows 8, this nuisance has found a way to spite all tech geeks alike. Now,
"disabling" UAC via Control Panel doesn't actually disable it. If you edit a system file you'll find that, you,
the Admin, have no power (and are still pestered by UAC).
If you're reading this, chances are that you've tried disabling UAC via the EnableLUA registry hack.
Although this method works, Microsoft has placed a kill switch on Metro apps. In other words, you won't be
able to use Metro apps if you disable UAC with the registry hack or with Account Policy clp. Microsoft gives
you 2 options; deal with UAC and enjoy the Metro UI or disable UAC and lose Windows 8's signature
feature.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to semi-disable UAC while maintaining access to Metro apps. This hack
should prevent ~90% of all UAC pop-ups and grant you access to your entire C drive.
Lets get started:
1. Open an explorer window and type in the following path: Control Panel\User Accounts and Family
Safety\User Accounts
2. Click on "Change User Account Control settings"
3. Set it to "Never Notify"
4. Press OK (don't restart if prompted to do so)
---------------5. Press the Windows + R key at the same time
6. Type: regedit
7. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
8. Change "EnableLUA" from 1 to 0 (this step will temporarily disable metro apps)
9. Restart your computer
10. Download these registry files
11. Run the InstallTakeOwnership.reg file
12. Go to My computer
13. Navigate to C:\
14. Select all folders> right click> take ownership
---------------15. When the aforementioned has been completed, right click on the "Windows" folder and select
"properties"
16. Security> Advance> Enable Inheritance
17. Find where it says Owner (second line, below the "Name" section)> Change> Advanced> Find Now>
Select your account> Press OK> Press OK again (in the "Share User or Group" Windows).
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18. On the "Advance Security Setting for Windows" pane, click Add> Select a Principal> Advanced> Find>
Select your Username> OK> OK> Full control> Show Advance Permission> Applies to: This Folder,
subfolders and files> OK> Apply> Yes> and Continue (select continue all the times it pops up)
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Press the Windows + R key at the same time

Type: regedit
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Change "EnableLUA" from 0 to 1 (this step will enable metro apps)
Restart your computer
----------------24. Again navigate to C:\

25. Again select all folders> right click> take ownership
26. Finally, run RemoveTakeOwnership.reg file (you may skip this step if you wish)
You are done, enjoy!
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Nice job man

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I've only just put windows 7 on Bootcamp. :x

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Just downloaded Windows 8 last night, I have yet to install it on bootcamp.

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I've only just put windows 7 on Bootcamp. :x

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Just downloaded Windows 8 last night, I have yet to install it on bootcamp.
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Enjoy the frustrations that awaits

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Still haven't installed it yet, don't have time :/

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I just tried this, and steps 17 and 18 are poorly explained. None of those menu items exist in the permissions
window, and it doesn't make sense what the specific steps are.
Anyone have a screen shot or more clearly worded explanation of those 2 steps? I can't get this working
following this.
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I just tried this, and steps 17 and 18 are poorly explained. None of those menu items exist in the
permissions window, and it doesn't make sense what the specific steps are.
Anyone have a screen shot or more clearly worded explanation of those 2 steps? I can't get this working
following this.
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Each ">" signafies what you need to press. So if you see "> Change> Advanced", it means to click on
change, then click on the advance button that appears in the new windows. This is universal throughout
the internet.
It will be hard to post ~30 screenshots, so I will post 1 screenshot with arrows pointing to a few of the
steps... Hopefully you can take it from there.
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thanks! it is working, but there seems to be another problem with this method. Apparently after doing this, it
breaks playready/drm for windows media center for premium cable. I'm now getting a "copying prohibited"
error after doing this.
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