UAC Control Panel not working

[Guest]

I just got done loading all the software on my computer with UAC turned off.
When I went back to control Panel, User Accounts, User Accounts, Turn User
Account Control On or Off and tried to turn it back on, it would not work.
Before I was getting the message to reboot the computer after I changed the
setting. Now it acts like the code in that window is not being run. If I
check the box, choose OK then reopen the Turn User Control On or Off, it is
not checked.

If I goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
and change EnableLUA to 1, the user account works, but if I open the control
panel applet, it is not checked.

Any one have any ideas?

 

[Andy]

Had the same problem, i called it a "BUG!"

At least you knew to search the registry for the setting. I had to come here
to get that nfo.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

It sounds like you are logged on as a Standard User? A Standard User can
turn UAC off, but cannot turn it back on, because this requires
administrator privileges.

 

[Guest]

It sounds like you are logged on as a Standard User? A Standard User can
turn UAC off, but cannot turn it back on, because this requires
administrator privileges.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

I am logged on as a domain administrator. Like I said, it does not look
like the code is running in the background. If I click on the box to enable
UAC and click ok, the box closes, but there is no message to reboot the
computer. When I go back in the UAC settings, the check mark is cleared. If
I enable it in the registry, the UAC works correctly, but if I go in to the
UAC settings, the check mark is cleared.

 

[Guest]

Andy,

Is there a bug report on this? Did you figure out what was the cause?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

JR

This is definitely not by design? I also cannot recreate what you are
seeing, but I am not on a domain here.

Go back into the registry and disable the UAC. Check to make sure that
everything is working without the UAC.

Go to User Accounts and place the check mark in Enable UAC. Immediately
reboot whether you receive the reboot prompt or not and check to see if this
works.