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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If a Windows cmd.exe is running with elevated privileges does anything I execute from its prompt also run with elevated privileges?
If my cmd.exe Window says "Administrator" in the title bar, indicating it was started with elevated privileges, does this mean anything I execute from this command window is also run with elevated ...
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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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Make a permanent exception for Steam's BuildBot in Windows 7 UAC
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit.
I am the only user of the computer, although I do have a password-protected backup account.
I have not disabled UAC, nor do I wish to.
I also use Steam (unfortunately).
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Request Administrator Access in Batch File on Windows 8
I'm alway using the following code for automatically prompting UAC.It works fine on Windows Vista/7/2008.But it seems that on Windows 8 the script can't get the administrator privilege even the UAC ...
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What triggers a UAC warning?
I have recently written a C++ application which does things that I would consider "risky" for Microsoft's standards (like system(), CreateProcess(), etc), and it turns out that it doesn't trigger UAC ...
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Give admin privilege with a fully limited user windows 7 professional [duplicate]
i by accident made myself into Administrator for networking purposes; this i thought at first wouldn't be a problem but then i noticed.
I am a paranoid person, i have my UAC maxed, so without admin ...
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Windows 7 Administrator user doesn't have Admin rights
On windows 7, I have a user account of the 'administrator' type. However, whenever I try to do anything that only admins can do (ie: run a few cmd commands), I receive a message that I don't have the ...
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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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Regedit does not ask for password when started as administrator
I needed to change the access rights to the system log on two computers (both running Windows 7), as described in this question. I did it successfully on one of the computers.
On the second one, I ...
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What are the differences in permissions between domain admin on member computer and local admin?
I am having an installation issue with a custom written add-in for Outlook. If I am logged in as the domain admin on the PC I can install the program without seeing a UAC prompt and the installation ...
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How to disable Windows UAC totally, leaving no parts of its mechanism in memory? [duplicate]
I know the question of disabling UAC is quite popular and has already been asked here, but my question is more specific. What I seek is not just to get UAC out of my way but to release all the system ...
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What is a command you can run from CMD.exe that requires UAC elevation? [closed]
I googled this, and I couldn't find an answer. What's a command that you have to UAC elevation in cmd.exe to run?
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Opening large executables taking ages on Windows [closed]
So, I'm sure others have had this problem before and it's been lingering on Windows for quite some while now (Vista, at least). It's about opening executables that are large (go from the 100s of MBs ...
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How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?
I am using Windows 8 Enterprise on my development machine. Most of the time, I need full administrator for debugging, changing system files, etc.
In Windows 7, setting UAC to "never notify" would ...
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RunAs in Windows 7 vs XP
In windows XP, The "run as" box will give the option to run as different user and by default the username contain PCName/Administrator. in windows 7 the run as will just give you an empty box to fill ...
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Run process which “requires” elevation as non-elevated process or make it “think” it's “elevated”?
I have application which I don't want to tamper with my system settings, they require me to run them as administrator but I don't want that. I am 100% sure the applications will work without elevated ...
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UAC manifest file
I have an exe, for which I have created a manifest file shown in URL:
change exe option to run as administrator by bat script on Windows 7
The problem is that, the exe writes the output to a child ...
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What is causing my system to wait 10 minutes after boot before presenting a UAC elevation prompt?
Since about four days ago, every time I restart or reboot my Windows 7 machine, the system comes back up with Microsoft Security Essentials disabled. The network and sharing icon in the status bar ...
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AV prevents me from changing settings on remote machine
I use a program called synergy which is essentially a virtual/network Keyboard/mouse. One computer acts as the server and the other client PCs can then use the keyboard and mouse.
If you want to ...
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Selectively disabling UAC for specific programs on Windows 7
I have some programs running on start-up like Everything. UAC prompts every time the Windows starts. How can I set a program to make sure that no intervening prompt would appear during start-up?
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Synergy client drops and reconnects at UAC dialog
I've been using Synergy for a while at work to connect my XP machine (the host) to my Win 7 laptop (the client). I previously was having issues with using Synergy and the UAC prompt, as described in ...
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Start/stop services from command prompt under non Administrator user, but belonging to administrators group
I have a WIN7 computer with user which is in Administrator group. Let's call it MyUser.
UAC turned ON.
I have several services launched under local system.
When I'm trying to start or stop these ...
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How to add shortcuts to HTML files to Win8/Win2012 Start Menu without UAC?
I have a Windows 2012 server joined to a domain with UAC disabled by group policy. I'm logged on as a domain user with local admin rights.
I create a shortcut to a local HTML file, then I add that ...
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Copied a file with winscp; only winscp can see it
I recently copied a 25.5GB file from another machine using WinSCP. I copied it to C:\beth.tar.gz, and WinSCP can still see the file. However no other app (including Explorer) can see the file. What ...
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How to logon as an admin in a dekstop and turn off user account control settings when i am not in the administrator account? [duplicate]
Hi um recently my dad thinks that i am downloading too much of things and he set the user account control settings high. This prevents me from even installing bit torrent in my HP touchsmart. I tried ...
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Windows Server 2012 UAC issues
Hello I'm a developer and my workstation has Windows Server 2012 as its operating system.
Because I'm developing for Azure, a bunch of apps have to always run as admin (such as Visual Studio, ...
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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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Cannot activate .net 3.5 on Windows 8. Can't activate from control panel and never got an installation CD or iso with my computer to use DISM with
I've been trying for about a week now to activate .Net Framework 3.5 on my computer to no avail. I've been trying to activate it via 'Turn Windows Features On and Off' in the control panel as well as ...
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How can I open the User Account Control settings from command line
It should be something like control APPLET.cpl, but I am not able to find the applet name. Does anybody know?
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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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How does one determine if current user token is filtered or elevated?
Via the windows commandline, how is this performed?
Context:
The current user is a member of local Administrators.
Reference:
This post shows privilege flags disabled. I would imagine that there ...
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How can I run a program with Administrator permissions on startup, and minimize to tray?
I like to keep Process Explorer running full-time. I particularly like to use it to display several statistics (e.g.: Usage graphs for CPU, RAM, Network, GPU) in the system tray. However, some of ...
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Is Windows vulnerable because its sudo equivalent does not require a password? [closed]
On Windows from Vista and onwards, you have to press through an UAC dialog to perform something that requires admin rights like installing or uninstalling programs. On Linux to become root, you have ...
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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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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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Are standard users still useful when Windows 8 has UAC?
My last computer ran XP; administrators had unrestricted access (no UAC) and my normal day to day account was a standard user. I simply did a 'run as' then entered the admin credentials when I needed ...
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Stop elevated permissions on windows 8 home [duplicate]
When logged in as an administrator, I would like everything I do to be automatically elevated without additional hassle. Is there a way to make windows 8 stop asking for elevated permissions on the ...
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How can I make my keyboard's media keys work when an elevated program has focus?
When I hit my media keys when using Visual Studio 2010 normally, they control Media Player Classic just fine. When I launch VS2010 with elevated privileges, I have to select another program in order ...
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Run one command elevated from the Windows 7 command prompt [duplicate]
In a Windows 7 command prompt, in some directory and with some environment, is there a way to run a single command with elevated privileges using all the current environment and directory? Like the ...
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How to permanently deny uac requests for an application [duplicate]
I regularly get annoyed by things like java asking me if it can go check for and install updates and its really annoying.
The uac dialog appears and does its usual screen dimming, which is great for ...
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Where do I find the certificate file so I can add a program to “Trusted Publishers” in the certmgr?
I have three programs that startup automatically with Windows 7.
They are:
Webroot SecureAnywhere
Soluto Anti-Frustration Software
everything.exe
Each of these programs bring up a blue UAC dialog ...
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How to assign permissions to manage windows service when UAC is enabled?
I have following scenario:
I'm local admin on my computer with Windows 7 Enterprise and UAC enabled
Computer is not in domain and is not under group policy
I run some program without running it as ...
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Win8 consent.exe “File system error -1073741819”
consent.exe ([UAC]) is failing for me every time I try to install a program or driver, or disable UAC;
Faulting application name: consent.exe, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x50108159
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Using runas to run netsh as administrator
I'm trying to do some debugging for a vendor on a Windows 7 machine. I need to run netsh to set a parameter. I've tried to run it from a cygwin/shell window but get a "Run as administrator" failure.
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UAC prompt defaults to Ok
Have a Win 7 box, SP1, with default UAC settings (just for the feeling). When I run something as Administrator, the UAC elevation prompt comes up, asking for an admin password. That's designed ...
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UAC issue with matlab on win 7
I have the following problem using matlab on Windows 7.
When I double-click a .mat file matlab starts and loads the double-clicked file. Double-Clicking further .mat files opens them also in matlab. ...
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This app can't be activated when UAC is disabled
I'm using Windows 8 and since I'm a developer, I need full control over my PC. However, Window 8 doesn't have an straightforward way to disable UAC, and even by dragging the relevant slider to the ...
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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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UAC warning still occurs after program is uninstalled
I have uninstalled a program but continue to get the UAC warning popup for that program every time I start my PC. How do I get rid of it?
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Disabling UAC on Windows 8 causing issues with installations
I disabled UAC on my Windows 8 install, but I found that it caused me issues when I needed to install downloaded programs (installation would fail due to no admin privileges).
I re-enabled UAC, but ...
