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User Account Control Does Not Turn Off

You may find that you are logged in with a User Account that has Administrative Privileges and User Account Control has been disabled, yet you are unable to perform tasks that require Administrative Privileges.  You may also find programs that depend upon Services with Administrative Privileges no longer function properly.  This is because the registry keys which define the normal behavior of User Account Control have been modified.  The incorrect registry keys are preventing Windows from functioning properly.  A poorly designed registry cleaner/security product or a malware infection may have modified the registry keys in question.

  •  In the Event Viwer, you may see multiple reports of Event 1000 - Source: Application Error as well as Event 7034 - Source: Service Control Manager.

  • When attempting to run sfc and other commands from the command line, you may encounter the message: "You must be an administrator running a console session in order to use Windows File Checker utility."

To restore User Account Control to its normal behavior when Disabled, perform the following steps:
  1. Click Start - Run.

  2. Type: regedit

  3. Click OK.

  4. Browse to the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

  5. Double-click FilterAdministratorToken, hit 0 and click OK.

  6. Double-click EnableUIADesktopToggle, hit 0 and click OK.

  7. Double-click ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin, hit 5 and click OK.

  8. Double-click ConsentPromptBehaviorUser, hit 3 and click OK.

  9. Double-click EnableInstallerDetection, hit 1 and click OK.

  10. Double-click ValidateAdminCodeSignatures, hit 0 and click OK.

  11. Double-click EnableSecureUIAPaths, hit 1 and click OK.

  12. Double-click EnableLUA, hit 1 and click OK.

  13. Double-click PromptOnSecureDesktop, hit 1 and click OK.

  14. Double-click EnableVirtualization, hit 1 and click OK.

  15. Reboot the computer.
User Account Control has now been restored to default settings when Disabled.  Windows will now function properly.

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