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JetsonRING

JetsonRING
Chris Simon said:
I have a weird problem since today.
First I thought it's just Steam, which I have only because of Planet Zoo and I generally despise it, but turns out that Origin and Uplay have the same problem.

Whenever I try to install, update or uninstall a game, the launcher will give me error along the lines: "Windows prevented this program to make changes, please try again and select "Yes" when the UAC prompt appears."
I've had that before, of course, but the problem now is that the UAC prompt DOESN'T appear and I'm simply treated to the same error message over and over.

I've tried running the launchers as admin, of course, and I've also tried setting the user account control to all four possible levels (as far as I can tell you can't actually completely turn it off in W10, which I really hate)
I don't think I've noticed any Windows update, today, that would screw things up.

Any ideas?
Naturally I've sent reports to all involved parties, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Just turn off UAC:

How to turn off User Account Control in Windows | AutoCAD | Autodesk Knowledge Network

How to turn off User Account Control (UAC) in Windows in order to troubleshoot a software issue or to allow a program to run better, especially when it interacts with other software. UAC is a Microsoft security tool that helps prevent intrusion of malicious software. It is not full-fledged...
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VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
Chris Simon said:
Okay. I reinstalled everything and it all works.
Sigh. Some mysteries are destined to remain unsolved, I guess.
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Yeah... Oftentimes the nuke option is just the fastest, because time spent on voluntarily debugging problems (because they apparently cut down on QA for W10) will be longer than reinstalling the software you need 😂 Oh well at least it was educational and a bit entertaining 😃
 

Becks

Becks
EUS said:
This caught my eye, you run your daily user with admin rights on a MS machine?
Forget open only chest-beaters, this guy is brave.
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That's standard for a lot of users. I do that too because I'm tired of giving my credentials everytime I need elevation.
 

Morbad

Morbad
EUS said:
This caught my eye, you run your daily user with admin rights on a MS machine?
Forget open only chest-beaters, this guy is brave.
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The only user account on my main system is the Administrator account. In general, I like my systems to do what I tell them to do, when I tell them to do it, even if it would break them, rather than prompting me for stuff I'm just going to click through, because yes, I did want it to do what I just told it to do.

Of course, I also run a pretty lean setup, and anything I'm not familiar with either gets run in a sandboxed VM, or not run at all. I'm certainly not running Steam, Uplay, Origin, or Chromium based browsers on my main setup's host OS.
 

Chris Simon

Chris Simon
EUS said:
This caught my eye, you run your daily user with admin rights on a MS machine?
Forget open only chest-beaters, this guy is brave.
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Don't mistake my stupidity for bravery. :)

But like Becks said - it's more convenient this way. Even though it means I have to reinstall the system once a couple of months after screwing something up
 

EUS

EUS
I get it, I duel boot, and have a dying disk that holds my gaming OS, win 7 which has been left unpatched since SP1 came out. I did nothing important on that system.
Haven't booted into it for awhile, since Proton/Steam has been making impressive inroads.
 
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