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UAC prompt for username password though i am administrator

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anders.rask@gmail.com - 27 Sep 2007 08:23 GMT
Hi,

I have been running Vista Business edition for the best part of a year
now, and though there have been some quirks i am happy with it as a
developer platform.

Last monday though it started behaving rather strangely. I might be
wrong but i think it was after a reboot demanded by Vista after
applying some patch that it started:

When UAC prompts for elevated privileges i used to get a dialog if i
wanted to continue or cancel, but now i have to type in my credentials
to continue every time -rather annoying to say the least!

I double cheked that my user is still in the administrator group, and
also the credentials i provide to get elevated privileges are the same
that i use to login to the box.

what could cause this and how do i get Vista to recognize that i am
indeed admin?

thx
Anders Rask
Ronnie Vernon MVP - 27 Sep 2007 21:37 GMT
Anders

Not sure how an update would have done this, but the behavior of the
elevation prompt is controlled in the Group Policy Settings in Vista
Business.

Open GPEDIT.msc and go to Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security
Settings/Local Policies/Security Options.

Near the bottom of this dialog you will see all of the "Behavior of the
elevation prompt......" settings.

Double click the following policy.
User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in
Admin Approval Mode.

Click the drop down menu and select the "Prompt for consent" option. Ok your
way out, exit everything and reboot.

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Ronnie Vernon
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Windows Shell/User

> Hi,
>
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> thx
> Anders Rask
anders.rask@gmail.com - 29 Sep 2007 12:01 GMT
Excellent! That solved it, thanx! :-)

Anders
Ronnie Vernon MVP - 29 Sep 2007 21:53 GMT
Anders

Glad this helped. Enjoy.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
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> Excellent! That solved it, thanx! :-)
>
> Anders
 
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