Blowfelt82
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Prevent User Access Control Prompts for given Windows user.
I am getting UAC (user access control) prompt every time I try and run the Windows diskpart application. I have added the logged in user to the Administrators group but the prompt still occurs - I thought being an admin user would circumvent the prompt but it appears not.
I have an existing built in user that has the same group memberships as my user and when I use this account the problem does not occur? I have compared all settings between the two accounts and apart from the name and the fact one account is a built in Windows user there is no difference.
Do you know how I can configure the user to avoid the UAC prompt - I do not want to switch off the UAC entirely? Also if this configuration can be set via a dos prompt/vbscript all the better...
Any help much appreciated.
I have an existing built in user that has the same group memberships as my user and when I use this account the problem does not occur? I have compared all settings between the two accounts and apart from the name and the fact one account is a built in Windows user there is no difference.
Do you know how I can configure the user to avoid the UAC prompt - I do not want to switch off the UAC entirely? Also if this configuration can be set via a dos prompt/vbscript all the better...
Any help much appreciated.
Michael Machie
From what I know UAC is either on or off, no middle ground of On for X and Off for Y.
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I think that is correct, but I have two users in my environment. One gets the prompt and the other doesnt - so I can only assume there is some difference between the users permissions?
The built-in accounts have back-end access that a standard, even admin account, would NOT have. Built-in accounts are generally for internal O/S operations that could be affected if permissions were not correct, so they are segregated from the other types of User accounts.
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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28374176/Prevent-User-Access-Control-Prompts-for-given-Windows-user.html?anchorAnswerId=39901732#a39901732 is a solution without a doubt. This problem is old, solutions are well-known.
I believe McKnife should be marked as correct. He provided a valid reason as well as an accepted workaround.