Windows – Disable “You’ll need to provide administrator permission” prompt in Windows 7

administratoruacwindows 7

I'm just bored clicking on the CONTINUE button every time "You'll need to provide administrator permission" prompt appears, as I'm the only administrator of the PC. I've configured Notification system to 'Never Notify' from Control Panel -> UAC but still no luck.
I've to face the problem when copying / moving / renaming file on an additional internal disk.

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You are not allowed to take ownership of many files like C:\Users, C:\bootmgr, C:\hiberfile.sys, pagefile.sys, C:\Program Files, etc., and thereby even the C:\ drive as a whole. Also, setting permissions isn't disabling the admin prompt, it's simply attempting to sidestep the issue instead.

Here is the actual solution: Disabling the prompt

For Windows 7 Ultimate, Business or Enterprise edition which has Local Group Policy, or computer joined to domain and has Active Directory-based GPO, the group policy can be used to disable UAC for local computer or many computer across large networks at once.

Enter GPedit.msc in Start Search to run Local Group Policy editor. (Or gpmc.msc to run Group Policy Management Console for AD-based domain GPO editor).
Navigate to the following tree branch:

Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options

In GPMC, browse to the required GPO which is linked to the domain or OU where the policy wants to apply.
Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode
Set its value to Elevate without prompt.
Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation
Set its value to Disabled.
Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode
Set its value to Disabled.
Locate the following policy in the right pane:

User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations
Set its value to Disabled.
Disable UAC with Group Policy
Restart the computer when done.

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See if the file has been blocked by Windows.

Check the properties of the file, there may be a note saying This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer To check for and unblock the file, follow these steps: Right-click the blocked file and then click Properties. In the General tab, click Unblock if the option is available.
Check to see if your antivirus is blocking the file.

You can check to see if your antivirus software is blocking a file by temporarily disabling it, and then trying to open the file.

Update:

Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties.
Click the Security tab.
Under Group or user names click your name to see the permissions you have.
Click Edit, then check the check boxes for the permissions that you need and then click OK.

Result:

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Update 2:

Try this:

Right click, select Properties.
Click the Security tab.
Click Advanced.
Click the Owner tab.
Change owner to yourself.
Click Edit.
Check Replace owner on subcontainers and objects.
Click OK.

Windows 10 – How to Completely Disable UAC

I found the answer myself.

WARNING: This is not generally recommended as it compromises system security. Only do this if you know what you are doing.

Using the Control Panel UAC setting only does half the job. To turn off UAC completely, go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

and change the value EnableLUA to 0.

Do what you need to do, and then set it back to 1 to avoid endangering system security for too long.

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