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Discus and support What does it mean "UAC dialog box sits atop the secure desktop, which runs in a separate... in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; In the book "Windows 10 Inside Out by Ed Bott" pdf page 278 I read "By default, the UAC dialog box sits atop the secure desktop, which runs in a... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by jackin, Mar 15, 2019.

  1. JACKIN
    jackin Win User

    What does it mean "UAC dialog box sits atop the secure desktop, which runs in a separate...


    In the book "Windows 10 Inside Out by Ed Bott" pdf page 278 I read "By default, the UAC dialog box sits atop the secure desktop, which runs in a separate session that requires a trusted process running with System privileges" what exactly does it mean?


    Can someone explain this in easy to understand way?

    Are their different session certain processes and programs can run in?

    Is there any command to see which session program is running in?

    What exactly these sessions are?

    :)
     
    jackin, Mar 15, 2019
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  2. TWEAKER
    tweaker Win User

    GPU-Z and UAC on W7x64

    Thanks for the great little utilities.

    Any idea when these programs will be compliant to the new(ish) security standards that don't allow programs to have unfettered system access ?

    On W7x64 it is quite annoying to have UAC interrupt with a dialog box every time I want to run any of your programs.

    Disabling UAC is not an wise option.
     
    tweaker, Mar 15, 2019
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  3. NIGELMERCIER
    nigelmercier Win User
    Windows 10 UAC not showing dialog after change of settings?


    I selected the option in Windows 10 UAC not to dim the screen (3 step down), now when it is expected to launch it doesn't open a modal dialog box. Task Manager reports Consent UI for administrative applications is running, but I can't see it!

    I ran User Account Control Settings and switched back to the 2nd step down, but it's annoying to have the dimming.

    Any way to get this working?
     
    nigelmercier, Mar 15, 2019
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  4. JENIK1024
    Jenik1024 Win User

    What does it mean "UAC dialog box sits atop the secure desktop, which runs in a separate...

    UAC dialog turns off Num Lock

    Hi Preeti,

    thank you for your reply. I have tried booting into the safe mode and found out that I cannot test the issue there since there is no UAC dialog in safe mode enabled.

    I was testing if further in normal mode and found out that:

    • The problem disappears when I redice the UAC dialog settings from level 3 (dark screen + dialog) to level 2 (dialog only)
    • The problem does not reappear immediately after resetting the UAC to level 3: NumLock works correctly even with dark screen UAC dialogs until first restart. Then again the UAC dialog silently turns off NumLock
    So not a solution, but a workaround is to disable the dark screen for UAC dialog (level 2 on the UAC slider).
     
    Jenik1024, Mar 15, 2019
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