Would you like to learn how to enable the User Account Control feature using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to enable UAC on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Powershell - Enable UAC

As an Administrator, start a new POWERSHELL command-line prompt.

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Verify the current UAC configuration using Powershell.

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Here is the command output.

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Enable UAC using Powershell.

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Verify the current UAC configuration using Powershell.

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Here is the command output.

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Restart the computer.

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Verify the UAC configuration settings.

Powershell - Enable UAC

Congratulations! You are able to enable UAC using Powershell.