How do I always allow a program access in UAC?

[Questioning1]

I read the "answer" post about UAC, and was wondering why when I set
something to "run as administrator" in it's Properties it does not do so on
an Administrator account? On the Guest account I have set up the program
runs without asking for any kind of verification or admin password, but it
always asks for such when run from the administrator account. What has gone
wrong here? Is there some way to make a program "trusted" (like all
Microsoft products) so that it doesn't ever need verification for all
accounts on a system?

 

[coolgamer512]

If you go to your account under user accounts in the control panel, you can
turn off the UAC.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I read the "answer" post about UAC, and was wondering why when I set
something to "run as administrator" in it's Properties it does not do so
on
an Administrator account? On the Guest account I have set up the program
runs without asking for any kind of verification or admin password, but it
always asks for such when run from the administrator account. What has
gone
wrong here? Is there some way to make a program "trusted" (like all
Microsoft products) so that it doesn't ever need verification for all
accounts on a system?

Just right click the shortcut or .exe and go to Properties. Look at the
bottom of the Compatibility tab.

It is puzzling why you need to elevate on the admin account, but not the
guest account. Maybe somebody else has an idea.

ss.

 

[GeraldF]

Turning off UAC completely may cause compatibilty problems with some
programs. I would recommend that you elevate the administrator accounts
so they will not be bugged by UAC instead, and still have UAC turned on
for IE7 (Protected Mode) and Standard accounts. You can see how here.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-user-account-control-uac-elevate-privilege-level.html

Shawn

Great info. I have been running with this annoying
feature for over a year. I did not want to turn off the
UAC, but wanted not to get bothered everytime I ran a
safe program. Now I can do that.

Thanks

 

[Questioning1]

See, that's the weird part for me. I already did that (going into
Properties) for the program and that allowed it to run fine on a Guest
account, but the Admin account is still asked for verification each time. I
dunno what it's problem is, really.

 

[Questioning1]

Thanks, I'll try this. Though I'm really looking for a way to make programs
marked as "run as administrator" not cause confirmation boxes to pop up.
I've already told Vista I trust the program, why does it keep bothering me?

 

[Jon]

Great info. I have been running with this annoying
feature for over a year. I did not want to turn off the
UAC, but wanted not to get bothered everytime I ran a
safe program. Now I can do that.

Thanks

One of those tweaks that looks good on the surface untiil you realise what
you've actually done.

Turning off the prompts while keeping UAC enabled is analogous to having a
burglar alarm installed in your home - but with the alarm turned off so you
don't ever get disturbed by it.

UAC *is* the prompts. Without those, you may as well turn it off
completely.

 

[GeraldF]

UAC *is* the prompts. Without those, you may as well turn it off
completely.

While I use and like Vista for the most part, this is
the most annoying, and most poorly thought out aspects
of Vista. To prompt the Administrator to run a program
that has been designated safe.

What IQ did that require?

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Hi SS,

If a computer has more than one person using it, the admin. may not
want the Guest or Standard accounts to have UAC turned off, but does not
want to have to deal with it themselves. Just one reason I suppose.

But guest and standard users should not be able to do administrative level
tasks. If the admin account needs to elevate to run the program, the
standard and guest accounts should not be able to run the program at all.
Therefore, something has gone wrong in the installation. I would first look
into the permissions for the program folder, the program's settings folder
in %appdata% and then the permissions for the registry keys for the program.

ss.

 

[GeraldF]

Not true. IE Protected Mode is still functioning.
-------

Does turning off the elevated administrator prompt as
suggested by Brink affect protected mode in IE. It is my
understanding that Protected Mode is still functioning?

Am I wrong?

 

[AJR]

Do not have access to the orginial post, however ther are two "main" UAC
prompts. An Administrator will receive either a "allow" or "continue"
prompt.

A "standard user" , if doing a task not requiring Admin rights, will get an
"allo" or "continue" prompt. However if the action he/she is taking requires
Admin rights after selecting "allow" or "continue" he/she will be presented
with another prompt for Admin credentials.