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Sometimes when I start an application with admin rights the modal dialog box that requests my permission to continue becomes hidden. I'm forced to press ctrl-alt-delete and start task manager so I can bring the dialog to the foreground. How can I fix this so that the permission to continue dialog is always in the foreground? And anybody know how I can find a Microsoft Engineer to kick for deliberately retarding an operating system so that it is obsoleted by decades-old versions?
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If a program other than the foreground program requests elevation, instead of interrupting your work (the foreground task) with a UAC dialog box prompt, UAC signals its request with a flashing taskbar button. Click the taskbar button to see the UAC prompt. Apparently, the idea is that UAC prompts will not “steal focus” from the user’s task. You should click on the flashing icon. This is not all Microsoft's fault. Some products are badly programmed, so although their window is the current focus, they don't pass that window's handle for UAC to use. In that case, UAC will not put its dialog in front, but will rather signal its presence thru the taskbar. And for the last question: Microsoft Engineers are mostly found in Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington. EDIT You might check if in Local Security Policy (or run gpedit.msc) / Local Policies / Security Options, the value of "User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation" is set to Enabled. | |||||||||
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In order to choose a "correct" answer I have to make this post: there is no answer. Perhaps superuser.com should have an option to specify a question as unanswerable particularly when it comes to Microsoft products. | |||
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