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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller @Obsolesce last edited by

      @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

      @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

      @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

      What special case needs UAC completely off?

      Company purchases an application that requires it.

      As in doesn't support UAC?

      Correct. Not something we control. Normally, though, you just turn it down a level for the user and all is well. But Windows won't let you in this case (or a bunch of other things, we are replacing the hardware.)

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      • jmoore
        jmoore last edited by

        @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

        Set-Itemproperty -path 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system' -Name 'EnableLUA' -value 0

        Never had a reason to do that but I am saving that line and adding it to my own personal powershell documentation in case it ever comes up. Thanks.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @jmoore last edited by

          @jmoore said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

          @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

          Set-Itemproperty -path 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system' -Name 'EnableLUA' -value 0

          Never had a reason to do that but I am saving that line and adding it to my own personal powershell documentation in case it ever comes up. Thanks.

          Handy, just in case.

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          • J
            JasGot @scottalanmiller last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

            Company purchases an application that requires it.

            Yep. We have several customers with apps that will not run unless UAC is off.

            I've been able to make some work with the Application Compatibility Toolkit, but not all of them.

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            • Dashrender
              Dashrender last edited by

              Yeah, I've run into this once or twice before as well. Definitely a PITA.

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              • PhlipElder
                PhlipElder @scottalanmiller last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                What special case needs UAC completely off?

                Company purchases an application that requires it.

                For those kinds of apps we use ProcessExplorer and ProcessMonitor to find where it needs MOD access and tweak accordingly.

                Shimming also works.

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                • PhlipElder
                  PhlipElder @PhlipElder last edited by PhlipElder

                  @PhlipElder said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                  @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                  What special case needs UAC completely off?

                  Company purchases an application that requires it.

                  For those kinds of apps we use ProcessExplorer and ProcessMonitor to find where it needs MOD access and tweak accordingly.

                  Shimming also works.

                  For those that are absolutely poor in their coding another option would be to post it as a RemoteApp in Remote Desktop Services with the appropriate routing in place to only allow the app to select client machines. No Internet access without specific rule sets in place for the vendor's update/activation servers if required.

                  EDIT: RemoteApp in 2008 RTM or R2.

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                    flaxking @PhlipElder last edited by

                    @PhlipElder said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                    @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                    What special case needs UAC completely off?

                    Company purchases an application that requires it.

                    For those kinds of apps we use ProcessExplorer and ProcessMonitor to find where it needs MOD access and tweak accordingly.

                    Shimming also works.

                    The most common culprit is it writing to its Program Files folder

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                    • PhlipElder
                      PhlipElder @flaxking last edited by

                      @flaxking said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                      @PhlipElder said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                      @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                      What special case needs UAC completely off?

                      Company purchases an application that requires it.

                      For those kinds of apps we use ProcessExplorer and ProcessMonitor to find where it needs MOD access and tweak accordingly.

                      Shimming also works.

                      The most common culprit is it writing to its Program Files folder

                      Yup.

                      There are a number of impolite words for that kind of coding that's so QuickBooks 2009. 😛

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                      • Nic
                        Nic @EddieJennings last edited by

                        @EddieJennings said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                        @Obsolesce said in Use PowerShell to Disable UAC on Windows 10:

                        What special case needs UAC completely off?

                        I'm curious about this as well.

                        Installing malware 🙂

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