User Account Control is a technology on Windows Vista and up that improves security on systems by limiting processes to standard user privileges until an administrator manually authorizes privilege elevation.
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Start a service (or services) with a double-click without the UAC prompt
I'd like to put an icon on my taskbar (pinned), quick launch toolbar (how to add a QLT on Windows 7) or system tray, that if I click or double-click it, it will restart a preset Windows service ...
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My account is in administrators group, but doesn't honor permissions for administrators group on remote share?
I am on a home network and not using a domain controller. My username is in the administrators group and I have UAC turned on. I have a share on a network computer that has certain rights for users of ...
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Issue running msiexec as Administrator in Windows 7
I recently bought a new HP computer and I am unable to run any MSI by double clicking it. I receive an error message:
This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists ...
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What makes the UAC shield icon appear on the “Edit” permissions button?
When I right click on a folder and choose properties and then Security tab, sometimes the "Edit" button does have UAC shield icon and sometimes it does not.
This is happening on the same machine ...
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Allow Non Administrator User To Launch iTunes When Another User Already Has iTunes Open
On My Windows 7 machine I have two user accounts, one Admin account for myself and one regular account for my wife. Both of us use iTunes to manage our separate music libraries and Apple devices.
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Windows has blocked some startup programs
I put a shortcut to MSI Afterburner, my graphics card monitoring program, into my startup folder. Every time I start up my computer, Windows pops up a message saying "Windows has blocked some startup ...
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Allowing a program that requires admin rights to bypass UAC [duplicate]
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Selectively disabling UAC for specific programs on Windows 7
I use a (desktop) search engine called Everything, which needs to be started at Windows startup, since it ...
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Windows 7 install printer driver silently without 'Windows Security Warning' dialog
I am trying to automatically-and-silently install a specific printer driver(ghostpdf) and printer to prepare multiple machines for running tests. I use Command line install of printer driver
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Reason for User Account Control dialog
Can I see the reason for User Account Control dialog appearing?
When starting Pencil, the UAC dialog appears. I don't see a reason why the program should need elevated privileges. Is there a way to ...
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UAC dialog unresponsive for two seconds
I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and sometimes I experience about two second freeze when UAC dialog pops up. The computer stutters for about two seconds before showing the dialog and another two seconds after ...
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Duplicate permissions of “C:\Program Files” for other directories
I am setting up a computer that uses an SSD for the operating system (Windows 7 Professional) and a hard disk for data and most programs.
I would like to have two "Program Files" directories, one on ...
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Win7: Disable UAC/Secure Desktop video mode change [duplicate]
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Stop UAC/Secure Desktop from dimming the screen
Just had to upgrade my office PC to Windows 7, and every time a program wants admin access it seems to enable a "secure ...
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Unable to access network drive from Elevated command prompt [duplicate]
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Windows 7 problem to access shared folder
I have an existing set of build scripts which registers the COM components after the build. Now I'm doing these things in ...
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WinRAR context menu's “Extract here” does not work in Windows 7
I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop and I am the administrative user. I have also installed WinRAR.
Whenever I try to extract a RAR file using the 'Extract Here' option from the ...
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Stop Foxit Reader from showing the UAC dialog on each start
Recently Foxit Reader started popping up the UAC dialog on each start asking if I want to run it as administrator, and allow it to make changes to my computer.
How could I make that stop? Disabling ...
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Run application without UAC from application with UAC enabled
My current process of 'explorer.exe' is UAC enabled (has elevated permissions), but any program I start using the Start Menu etc. also has UAC enabled now.
How can I disable this? So, how can I run ...
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Run As Administrator Shortcut Without Password Prompt
I have installed a program on Windows 7 that needs Admin rights to run properly. When running on Windows XP; I used the runas command with the savecred switch to create a shortcut that opened the ...
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I have enabled hidden administrator in Windows 7 home, but programs still don't work
I have Windows 7 Home Premium, and would like to do some maintenance tasks such as running Disk Defragmenter. However, this and other programs and applications that I'm accustomed to using are now ...
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System recognizes admin password on the Welcome screen but not when elevating
I set up Windows 7 with a couple of standard accounts, and an administrator account (called Odin). I can log in to Odin just fine from the Welcome screen. While logged into Odin I can do anything that ...
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Windows UAC vs. Linux sudo
Is it correct to say that Windows UAC is conceptually the same as Linux sudo?
Can you point out the differences between the two?
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Why do I have to have administrator permissions to remove a desktop shortcut in windows 7?
How can I allow a non-admin user to customize their desktop?
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suddenly Windows 7 requires UAC for perl programs?
I've been happily running perl programs on my Windows 7 PC for almost a year, and now suddenly they won't run without UAC intervention. When I give permission, they run in a new window, blink their ...
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UAC being turned off once a day on Windows 7
I have strange problem on my HP laptop. This began to happen recently. Whenever I start my machine, Windows 7 Action Center displays the following warning:
You need to restart your computer for
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How to toggling UAC on/off quickly, eg. using command line, in Windows-7?
I'm writing codes which relates to UAC and need to turn it on/off very often.
So that I'm looking for a way to turning it on/off quickly, prefer to use command line.
Please share if you know how ...
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Windows 7 - Opening files from Windows Explorer with Elevated Permissions?
I've just started using Windows 7 and am instantly finding one aspect pretty annoying.
When I open certain files from Windows Explorer / Windows Search results etc then I then cannot save them as it ...
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Windows 7 disappearing applications and shortcuts
I installed a number of applications on a new laptop running Windows 7, selecting "run as administrator" wherever necessary. But after rebooting, all executable files (.exe, .bat) were missing from ...
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“Error 5: Access denied” when installing programs with UAC turned off
I'm having some trouble installing msysgit 1.7.3.1preview on Windows 7 Home Premium. I downloaded the setup file from the Google Code and then ran it. Upon running, I got the following error:
I ...
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How to open a file for editing in Administrator mode?
I have .config files set to open in Notepad++. The files I edit are typically in protected locations (e.g. c:\windows\, c:\program files..., etc..) thus requiring administrator access.
I'd like to ...
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I am unable to access my C drive. It says it is unable to display current owner
I am using a Windows 7 Ultimate OS, and my dad recently changed the setting in the sharing tab of my C drive to make it more private when I was using a shared network. Unfortunately, something he ...
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Administrator account vs elevated privileges: what's the difference?
What's the difference between an Administrator account and elevated privileges? What types of things Admin account grants and where do you need elevated privileges? (i.e. run as administrator)
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Stop UAC/Secure Desktop from dimming the screen
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 ...
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UAC elevation prompt doesn't show password prompt. Why?
Windows 7; I've got UAC turned on, but I'm not logged in as an administrator. This means that when I click 'Run as Administrator', I'm prompted for the password for the Administrator account.
Until ...
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Windows 7 access control explained
I'm getting a little confused with Windows 7 access control.
I'm aware of why access control is in Windows 7, and I'm relatively familiar with Linux access control. Does Windows 7 access control ...
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How can I run ALL my Apps “as administrator” by default in Windows 7?
I know that I can change the property in advanced setting of the shortcut to run one app as administrator.
But is possible to do that for all my application? There is a general setting or something ...
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UAC dialog pops up when starting Google Chrome
I use Windows 7, and Google Chrome 7. Every time I start Google Chrome, a UAC Dialog box pops up with the question:
Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?
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Have Windows “Run” dialog run as Admin?
Windows has this nifty little shortcut for running commands. Press Windows + r.
Problem is, is there an easy way to have the commands I run in that dialog to prompt for a UAC credentials dialog and ...
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How to Run an app as Administrator without the prompt?
When I start SQL Server Management Studio 2008, I an error that's been around forever and is documented here. One of the suggestions to fix it that actually worked was to start SSMS with Run as ...
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How to start process without UAC
How can I start a process without UAC in the following scenario?
Windows Vista or 7
UAC is enables
Standard user is logged in
Standard user knows admin credentials
Progrmm (running in the standard ...
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UAC Status from Command Line
Is there any command which will tell me the state of UAC? Eg it's switched on, off of which level it's on.
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Getting console2 to work nicely with UAC
I would like to get console2 to work nicely with UAC
Particular problems I would like to tackle:
If I start non-elevated, have a way to elevate while running. It'd be especially nice if I could ...
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Disable UAC and XP Pro 32 Bit
It seems the latest patches have included some kind of UAC in XP - I can't seem to find a way to disable it. Does anyone know how/where?
The reason I ask (I may be wrong on UAC) - but when I log in ...
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What state is the running process in when waiting for a UAC confirmation?
If I run a process that requires a UAC confirmation from the user, the Windows UAC prompt appears and waits for the user to confirm the action. With the UAC prompt open, if I look at the list of ...
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Vista: Administrator account cannot change or see system settings
Running from the administrator account doesn't let me change or even see system settings!
Info:
I'm logged into the Administrator account
I've turned off UAC in the registry
I've turned off ...
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Is there a way to indicate/show “runas” user or administrative rights in the titlebar of a window in windows7?
I sometimes start applications with elevated rights and forget to close them later because they are not distinguishable. Through something like an "Open File..." someone can easily abuse those apps if ...
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Force a program to run *without* administrator privileges or UAC?
Is there any way that I can force a program that normally requires administrator privileges (via UAC) to run without them? (ie: no UAC prompt and no system-wide access.)
Added: Without modifying the ...
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Windows 7 - no administrator account
Somehow in the last 24 hours my account has changed to a 'Guest account'. I am using Windows 7 Professional.
The only application that I installed was GoToMeeting. I didn't notice anything ...
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Can I launch Everything without getting UAC popup on Windows 7?
I like to use launchy, and on XP I can use it to quickly start a new instance of Everything so I can find some file or other. However on windows 7 when I try and start it from launchy I always get ...
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is there a way to enforce a whitelist of programs (like AppLocker) on Windows Home Premium?
I have my someones computer that I regularly fix up for him, usually because the people come and download illegal programs and porn. I'm getting really tired of it and am looking for a way to ...
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VNC single click and UAC on Windows 7
I work for an IT consulting company and we have been using UltraVNC Single Click to remote in to our users' desktops. It has been working really well and our techs have been very satisfied with this ...
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Are processes launched by elevated processes themselves elevated?
I have a program that launches a browser window when a user performs certain actions. My program requires Administrator access (i.e. must be launched via "Run as Administrator" or have ...
