Windows 10: Administrator Privileges problems

Discus and support Administrator Privileges problems in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I have to say this is honestly the first I've ever heard of this, and haven't found anything on line to back up the claim. I've disabled UAC on some... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by brucemc777, May 2, 2016.

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  1. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User

    Administrator Privileges problems


    I have to say this is honestly the first I've ever heard of this, and haven't found anything on line to back up the claim. I've disabled UAC on some systems long after the system has been installed and have never come across a single issue...and I'm probably talking about roughly 100 systems from 7 up to 10.
     
    DeaconFrost, May 3, 2016
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  2. NOVHAK
    NovHak Win User

    What Mystere mentions does exist, it's called UAC Virtualization. That feature was designed to keep legacy programs running, since programs that try to write to protected areas are considered legacy. UACV is automatically activated for some programs only, the criteria are :
    • The program must be 32-bit
    • It must have either no manifest, or a manifest with no RequestedExecutionLevel tag

    Then UACV is activated. You can notice that in the task manager, under the Virtualization column. The failed writes to some directories (among which are Program Files (x86) and Program Data) are then redirected to a per user location, which on the system drive is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Virtualstore. Failed writes to selected registry places such as HKLM\Software are redirected too, the redirection is made to HKCU\Software\Classes\Virtualstore.

    It can even be forced on non automatically eligible programs, and the list of designated directories/registry keys can be extended too.
     
    NovHak, May 3, 2016
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  3. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User
    Exists, maybe, but it has never caused a single issue across those 100 or so machines I have mentioned. UAC being enabled has caused issues with some legit programs, but haven't had any issues with it disabled.
     
    DeaconFrost, Apr 5, 2018
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