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Stop UAC/Secure Desktop from dimming the screen

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202612138 views
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Problem

I like the concepts of UAC and the "Secure Desktop" in Windows 7, but I don't like the dimming of the Secure Desktop to prompt for Admin credentials (or OK button to get clicked). However, dimming goes so far that my monitor regularly goes into PowerSaver mode, which is annoying (as it takes anothe…

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Fix for: Stop UAC/Secure Desktop from dimming the screen

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On Windows 7 search for "Change user account control settings" in the start menu and then move the slider to the position shown in the image. This will keep UAC enabled but won't dim the desktop.

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