Questions tagged [uac]
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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Does Avira Antivirus require responding to a UAC prompt for EACH manual scan?
Testing Avira Antivirus on a Windows 7 SP1 system. See this Software Recommendations SE post for the reasons why.
When performing manual scans with Avira from the Windows Explorer context menu, a ...
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How can I run ALL my Apps “as administrator” in windows 10 [duplicate]
I know about the suggestions of http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3436-run-administrator-windows-10-a.html. However not one option provides an answer to my question. I want to run as admin all ...
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Run applications as administrator by default in Windows 10
I have just got a new laptop with Microsoft Windows 10. My previous laptop ran Windows 7.
I'm trying to get applications to "run as administrator" by default, so that I'm not constantly having ...
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remote assistance not allowing UAC prompt interaction with the box checked to allow
I need to be able to connect up to customers computers and would like to use Remote Assistance, but I am unable to click on any UAC prompts, even though the user puts a check mark to allow me to click ...
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Can't get a command prompt window to show when testing a UAC batch file on startup
Most of the questions relating to this seem to be centered on hiding the command prompt window when running a batch file at startup. I seem to be having the opposite problem.
I'm trying to run a ...
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Why does the Windows Experience Index assessment require elevation?
What does the assessment do that can't be done under standard (limited) user permissions?
And if the action(s) that necessitate elevation were allowed to be run by a standard user without elevation, ...
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How to run UWP Apps with UAC turned off?
I have turned UAC off for some reasons on Windows 10 using this registry method:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/currentversion/policies/system
EnableLUA ==> 0
Which is what I want....
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Running 'GoToAssist' in Citrix without 'administrative permissions'
We are offering our customers a personal desktop within a central Citrix farm.
Now some of these customers use vendors that demand the use of GoToAssist for support. My question is if anyone can ...
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How to turn off "untrusted location" warning for a digital-signed exe running from a network share
I feel this quite annoying. On my Windows 7 SP1 machine, when I want to run a digital-signed exe(as Administrator) from a network share, Windows shows me an orange warning box.
But if I run the same ...
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What Windows account is used when no one is logged in?
When no one is logged into Windows, (the log in screen is displayed) which user are the current processes running as? (The video/sound drivers, login session, any server software, accessibility ...
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Set administrator rights to program (Windows 10) and have it not ask for permission?
I want to set the programs I normally use and consider safe to always have full access, but it's still annoying how, even set to run as administrator, unblocked and I can personally guarantee are not ...
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Windows10 UAC pop-up
I've recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (64-bit, Pro) and there's an aspect of its UAC behaviour that puzzles me:
My desktop is covered with shortcuts to apps I've installed under XP, ...
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How to fix "This app has been blocked for your protection" error message in Windows 10?
Windows 10 UAC has been blocked my application and every time showing "This app has been blocked for your protection" error message.
I have searched online for help but none of theme helped me to fix ...
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force log off after UAC has been disabled
I'm having to install Windows updates on multiple stand alone systems. I have my update_script.bat script to run, but as it loops through installing each update I am prompted by UAC controls for my ...
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How to run Windows 10 Settings app as administrator?
In Windows 7 I created two users: a regular user that I log in as and an administrative user that I enter the password for whenever I did anything that required elevation. This seems to work well ...
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Cannot add fingerprint login to non-standard account in Windows 10
Tl;dr:I have successfully added a fingerprint to an administrative account, but it won't work with the built-in one. Bug?
When attempting to add fingerprint login with Windows Hello under the built-...
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Run exe from network share, with/without admin privileges?
I'm trying to run a Win7 exe that's on a network share (a Linux CIFS server). The share was created by a non-admin (see Windows 7 problem to access shared folder). I can read and edit and write ...
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User Account Control Bypass without login administrator
Is another way to bypass this if you encounter this window with administrator user?
The user and password of all PC is unknown, I don't want to reformat the whole PC just remove all administrator ...
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How to make all apps run as Administrator in Windows 10?
How do I make every app / software run as administrator in windows 10, without breaking the calculator?
I'd prefer to simply remove UAC and have the apps run with the credentials I am logged in with, ...
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Elevate standard user to administrator without changing user profile
Every so often I try to find an easy answer to this, but I just can't. I'd like to log in as a standard user account for the added security it brings. I'm also a developer and often need to run ...
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Locked out of Admin Account
I created an admin account in windows 7. Did the "Special Accounts" registry edit to hide the admin account. Changed the current logged in user to a standard account and restarted the computer. The ...
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Require UAC password different from the user password
Is there is a way to make UAC prompt for a password that is not the password of any of the users on the PC? Is there a way to set a UAC password so that not even any of the administrators could ...
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Windows 10, can't edit hosts file
I have recently gotten a new computer and have upgraded to Windows 10 (though I suspect this is a problem in other versions as well.)
My user is an administrator. I have set UAC to the lowest level. ...
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Unable to install fonts on Windows 10
I'm using Windows 10 x64 Pro and I'm unable to preview or install fonts.
When I try to preview a font (double click or Right Click >> Preview), I get an error message that reads "The requested ...
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Why does UAC prompt for a password instead of yes/no?
Until today, when I started Command Prompt as an administrator, I would get a yes/no prompt like (image copied from web):
Today when I start a Command Prompt as administrator, I get a prompt like ...
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Permissions totally messed up - Windows 7
I totally messed up my user permissions as I keep getting an 'Access Denied System 5 error" at a command prompt. In my stupidity, I just started changing all the 'user/mycomputer' permissions thru UAC ...
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Windows 10 - copy domain admin to domain user account
I have been working under a domain admin account for years and years. Now, after a windows 10 upgrade, I want to work under a domain user account. More, I would like to retain all the desktop ...
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How can I use Apps like Cortana with UAC disabled and no password requirement on boot?
I don't want the annoyances of UAC constantly asking "Are you sure?" nor the annoyance of having extra steps to preform (login) when my laptop boots up. There isn't actually any good reason to have to ...
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I just want to disable the UAC prompt not the UAC itself. how?
How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?
The first answer above. I can't find "Local Security Policy"
OS: W 8.1
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UAC settings are automatically disabled at least once a day
I have a weird security risk that I have submitted to our IT Operations without any luck; at least once a day, our machines running Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 has the UAC settings disabled, and we discover ...
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BlueStacks will not open from the "Guest" account on Windows 7
I have been unsuccessful in figuring out this problem. When I first start the computer up, the BlueStacks daemon will automatically run (the "service"), but if the Guest tries to run it with the ...
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How can I run correct version of compiler when using elevated command prompt
I have two versions of the Typescript compiler (tsc.exe) on my system (1.0 and 1.5) and I cannot remove the earlier one because it is installed with Visual Studio 2013.
They are located at:
C:\...
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Preselecting an account for the UAC
Is it possible to preselect one of all the given accounts for the UAC? I have mutliple Administrator accounts but I only got the password of one of them. I need to manually select the Administrator ...
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Checking UAC Elevation of Running Process from Command Prompt
How can I use the command prompt (cmd.exe) to check if a process is running with UAC elevation / elevated privileges?
If I were to use the Task Manager (taskmgr.exe), I could check by adding the "UAC ...
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User rights to read/write win.ini in windows 8.1
I use a program in Windows 8.1 Pro that needs full read/write rights to win.ini.
- Logged in as administrator
- UAC is disabled
- Applications and administrators have full rights to modify win.ini. ...
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Why access denied for user within permitted group?
First let me start off by saying that I'm not an IT expert, and I've just been experimenting a lot lately with sharing and permissions in Windows 8.1. I've reached a point of extreme confusion right ...
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Bypass Windows 10 UAC "This app has been blocked for your protection."
I ran into this problem when trying to install the USB (MTP) drivers for my Samsung Galaxy S4. Windows will not run the driver installer.
It seems the reasoning is the publisher is not trusted. My ...
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How to bypass "This app has been blocked for your protection" error
I'm running the Windows 10 preview on my Surface 3 laptop. I am trying to install the software for my Samsung Galaxy S6. When I try to install it, I get an error dialog saying "This app has been ...
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Looking for a simple way to forbid specific software from writing to the registry
I am working at a company with an admin account, which means my account has full access to the system and registry. I love to run portable software with my usb drive but some of the software is ...
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"Run as administrator" failing without message on Windows8.1, but "Run as different user" and consecutive "Run as administrator" working
Run as administrator now is broken the second time for me again after recreating user account locally.
Neither on the command line nor via the context menu I can run as programs as an administrator ...
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How to run a program under different user's accounts?
My program C:\Program Files\MyApp\Myprog starts with Windows startup; at device insertion Myprog.exe invokes another program C:\Windows\comp.exe. This process works fine in the admin account in which ...
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UAC Disabled - "Run as administrator" still required on some programs?
I have Windows 7 SP1 x64, UAC is disabled, however some programs don't work unless I right click and do "Run as administrator" (or check the checkbox in properties of .exe file)
No UAC prompt shows ...
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Window 7 time limit for Kids but allow installation
Hi I'm trying to set up Window 7 so that it will block access after 9pm for a teenager . However, he can perform installation of anything he wants. I can't manage to do both because to set up parental ...
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User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 Does Not Prompt for Fingerprint Authentication
I login with domain credentials (I'm in an enterprise-setting) as a standard user on a Windows 7 box. I logon with my fingerprint just fine, and even have fingerprints saved on a local administrative ...
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UAC Pops up for program that opens pictures. When did not before how to stop UAC from coming up
Ok problem is that UAC is popping up when opening animated gif files and other picture formats when using windows fax viewer.
Now before I restored to factory default the UAC never came up when ...
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How to temporary elevate aplication to administrator in standard level account (windows 7)?
How to temporary elevate aplication to administrator in standard level account (windows 7)?
If you know Linux we can elevate program into Root level, how to that in Windows 7 ?
I have "standard" ...
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Windows 8 keeps asking for Admin password for one specific program
I am admin of a Windows 8 PC. I turned UAC off so other users can open programs without my permission and it works perfectly for all the software, however there is this one program (Backgammon Masters)...
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Can I have Windows 7 always allow Eudora to run?
I use Eudora (an older email client program).
When I open my shortcut to Eudora, a User Account Control dialog appears asking me if I want to allow the program to make changes to my computer, before ...
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PsShutdown in Task Scheduler of Windows 7
I try to use PsShutdown to schedule late sleep, restart and etc on Windows 7 machine.
In order to run the command manually I have to open the command window as Administrator first. So how can I do it ...
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How do I give myself privilege to create symbolic links on Windows 7 logged in as domain user?
I would like to be able to use mklink without the inconvenience of right-clicking on cmd.exe and choosing "Run as Administrator". I am logged in at work as a domain user with local admin privileges, ...