How To Disable Program Compatibility Assistant

By 13/02/2012How To

Hello lovely people 🙂

If you are trying to get work done quickly constant popping up of the  administrator *Programme Compatibility Assistant*  can be mighty annoying. Therefore, in our today’s session on computer repairs how tos we will take a look at how you can turn the darn thing off.

It can be very handy to turn this off as it helps save time if you are configuring workstations on a domain or even on your own computer.

Please Note: This tip is targeted at administrators and power users. PCA monitors programmes for known compatibility issues and can be very beneficial for end users.

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How to turn Programme Compatibility Assistant off on a Local Machine

If for example, you are testing software it does save a LOT of time having the feature turned off. For this reason you may want or need to have it turned off on a local machine.

To begin, click on Start and type services.msc into the search box and hit enter.

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Then scroll down to the Programme Compatibility Assistant Service and click Stop.

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You will receive the following *Service Control* screen briefly while it is shutdown. Then to turn it back on simply repeat the same process.

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You may want to completely disable it if you are doing multiple reboots.

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How to disable the Programme Compatibility Assistant Using Local Group Policy Editor

In the start menu enter gpedit.msc and then hit Enter.

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Now navigate to User ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsApplication Compatibility. Over on the left side under Setting double click on Turn off Compatibility Assistant.

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Then click on Enabled and click on Apply and OK then close out of Local Group Policy Editor.

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Please remember we do not recommend that our average home users disable the PCA as it can cause system instability and conflicts. These tips are for power users and administrators – when you have the PCA turned off it will save you a lot of time and frustration.

Over and out

MobileGeekette

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