Fyi, image attachments are only visible to the person who posted them and to Dell reps, so we can't see what you've posted. But if you're getting a prompt to enter a password rather than a Yes button, it means your account doesn't have admin rights, in which case you'll need to log in as an admin to grant them to that account again. That doesn't happen just from changing a password, so obviously something else happened.
Tell me if I’m right. My doubt is, when I click on an EXE with a right click, I see “execute as administrator”. As a normal user I couldn’t see this, I think? So for Windows I’m an administrator. But for UAC not. Why?
I think I have to reach the user account area with administrator rights to resolve the problem, right? But when I start Windows with SHIFT and RESTART, I see only the UAC interface of DELL. And in this UAC interface is no option to open Windows in “save mode” like an administrator, right?
So I ask me if it is possible to bypass UAC to open Windows with administrator rights.
Or perhaps I can uninstall UAC with the DOS-Window (C:\WINDOWS\system32>) ? But in this case I fear that I broke some preinstalled connection DELL->Windows and cannot open Windows anyway?
Or perhaps it is possible to switch UAC with the DOS-Window (C:\WINDOWS\system32>) in the lowest security-mode until I have repaired this problem?
So what do you think? Thank you very much for any repost or any idea ;-)
Standard users still see the “Run as administrstor” option, but if they click it then they are prompted to enter the username and password of an admin user that will be used to run that EXE, rather than just a Yes/No prompt.
It’s not possible to be an admin for Windows and not for UAC. It is possible to configure UAC so that even ADMIN users are prompted to entire their full password at UAC prompts rather than just clicking Yes. That is a more secure design especially if someone leaves their PC unattended, but it’s obviously less convenient, and that is not the default configuration.
If you aren’t sure whether you are an admin, open Device Manager. Standard users get a warning that Device Manager is read-only. Admins do not.
I’m not sure what you mean that when you click Shift+Restart you only see the “UAC interface of Dell”. Dell doesn’t have a UAC interface. Perhaps you can upload screenshots/photos to some other site like Imgur or Google Drive and then post links here? But you can also access Safe Mode by running “msconfig”, going to the Boot tab, and choosing Safe Mode (Minimal) there, then restarting. Although that may not be possible unless you’re an admin....
UAC cannot be uninstalled, nor can it just be bypassed, since that would defeat the entire point. It can be disabled, but that is not recommended as a permanent configuration, and you have to be an admin to do that anyway.
If you truly don’t have admin access, then Safe Mode will probably let you log in as the built-in administrator account that is normally disabled. In that case, you would just need to get to User Account Settings and make your account an admin again. You would NOT have to mess with UAC settings.
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Fyi, image attachments are only visible to the person who posted them and to Dell reps, so we can't see what you've posted. But if you're getting a prompt to enter a password rather than a Yes button, it means your account doesn't have admin rights, in which case you'll need to log in as an admin to grant them to that account again. That doesn't happen just from changing a password, so obviously something else happened.
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May 26th, 2018 01:00
Thanks jphughan for your repost.
Tell me if I’m right. My doubt is, when I click on an EXE with a right click, I see “execute as administrator”. As a normal user I couldn’t see this, I think? So for Windows I’m an administrator. But for UAC not. Why?
I think I have to reach the user account area with administrator rights to resolve the problem, right? But when I start Windows with SHIFT and RESTART, I see only the UAC interface of DELL. And in this UAC interface is no option to open Windows in “save mode” like an administrator, right?
So I ask me if it is possible to bypass UAC to open Windows with administrator rights.
Or perhaps I can uninstall UAC with the DOS-Window (C:\WINDOWS\system32>) ? But in this case I fear that I broke some preinstalled connection DELL->Windows and cannot open Windows anyway?
Or perhaps it is possible to switch UAC with the DOS-Window (C:\WINDOWS\system32>) in the lowest security-mode until I have repaired this problem?
So what do you think? Thank you very much for any repost or any idea ;-)
jphughan
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May 26th, 2018 08:00
It’s not possible to be an admin for Windows and not for UAC. It is possible to configure UAC so that even ADMIN users are prompted to entire their full password at UAC prompts rather than just clicking Yes. That is a more secure design especially if someone leaves their PC unattended, but it’s obviously less convenient, and that is not the default configuration.
If you aren’t sure whether you are an admin, open Device Manager. Standard users get a warning that Device Manager is read-only. Admins do not.
I’m not sure what you mean that when you click Shift+Restart you only see the “UAC interface of Dell”. Dell doesn’t have a UAC interface. Perhaps you can upload screenshots/photos to some other site like Imgur or Google Drive and then post links here? But you can also access Safe Mode by running “msconfig”, going to the Boot tab, and choosing Safe Mode (Minimal) there, then restarting. Although that may not be possible unless you’re an admin....
UAC cannot be uninstalled, nor can it just be bypassed, since that would defeat the entire point. It can be disabled, but that is not recommended as a permanent configuration, and you have to be an admin to do that anyway.
If you truly don’t have admin access, then Safe Mode will probably let you log in as the built-in administrator account that is normally disabled. In that case, you would just need to get to User Account Settings and make your account an admin again. You would NOT have to mess with UAC settings.