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UAC Control Panel not working

  1. #1


    JR Baas Guest

    UAC Control Panel not working

    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?



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  2. #2


    Andy Guest

    Re: UAC Control Panel not working

    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.

    "JR Baas" <JR Baas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news4A19ED8-5C56-43B8-9B51-52EC43950970@microsoft.com...
    >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?



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  3. #3


    Ronnie Vernon MVP Guest

    Re: UAC Control Panel not working

    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.

    --

    Ronnie Vernon
    Microsoft MVP
    Windows Shell/User


    "JR Baas" <JR Baas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news4A19ED8-5C56-43B8-9B51-52EC43950970@microsoft.com...
    >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?



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    JR Baas Guest

    Re: UAC Control Panel not working



    "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

    > 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.
    >
    > --
    >
    > Ronnie Vernon
    > Microsoft MVP
    > Windows Shell/User
    >
    >
    > "JR Baas" <JR Baas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news4A19ED8-5C56-43B8-9B51-52EC43950970@microsoft.com...
    > >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?

    >


    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.

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  5. #5


    JR Baas Guest

    Re: UAC Control Panel not working

    Andy,

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

    "Andy" wrote:

    > 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.
    >
    > "JR Baas" <JR Baas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news4A19ED8-5C56-43B8-9B51-52EC43950970@microsoft.com...
    > >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?

    >


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  6. #6


    Ronnie Vernon MVP Guest

    Re: UAC Control Panel not working

    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.

    --

    Ronnie Vernon
    Microsoft MVP
    Windows Shell/User


    "JR Baas" <JRBaas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:7CF37293-01AE-4C4C-92F9-5E3156A822AE@microsoft.com...
    >
    >
    > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
    >
    >> 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.
    >>
    >> --
    >>
    >> Ronnie Vernon
    >> Microsoft MVP
    >> Windows Shell/User
    >>
    >>
    >> "JR Baas" <JR Baas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    >> news4A19ED8-5C56-43B8-9B51-52EC43950970@microsoft.com...
    >> >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?

    >>

    >
    > 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.



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