Whoa! Didn't realise that you were turning off UAC by poking the
registry...! And I don't know whether turning UAC on or off usually requires
a reboot - though I doubt it... but maybe.
If there is no command line interface that supports UAC control (Don't Ask
Me - I Dunno) you could perhaps make your "reboot" batch file conditional on
the registry value - so that after a restart after UAC OFF it does not
restart the system again... but again as to how - DAM-ID (sorry)
Didn't know that Defender re-enabled UAC... can you confirm that? I wonder
if you have Real Time Protection on and "System Configuration (Settings)"
checked - that *might* look on UAC being off as "unexpected and undesirable"
and undo it...
However, after much head scratching I am obliged to ask Why? Why do you need
to turn UAC off? It is worth keeping - a slight annoyance perhaps but if you
run an Administrator account (instead of limited user) all you have to do is
click to OK actions - rather than enter the admin password... it's not so
bad... (I can't believe I just said that, but I did)
--
Julian I-Do-Stuff
Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at
http://berossus,blogspot.com
"Wildcat" <rwhelan@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:5C12A77A-F1F4-4FB5-A646-277B20FC04AF@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, it sort of helped but it still requires another boot after running
> the batch file [which contains C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k
> %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v
> EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f ] in order to actually turn UAC off.
> I tried a second batch file run upon logon to reboot (shutdown -r -t 0)
> but I got into a perpetual reboot situation which required an Acronis
> restore to get out of. Any idea how to get the second boot only if UAC is
> turned on?
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> "Julian" <msforums@tiger2.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23Rg604NPIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Use the Task Scheduler to run your batch file - you will be able to give
>> it elevated permissions there and there will be no UAC prompt: you could
>> use e.g. a delay of 30s from log-on as the trigger. This is the only way
>> I know of running apps that require elevated privileges without getting
>> the UAC prompt at run time, and I use it successfully to start a couple
>> of applications that Defender otherwise blocks (of course the "offending"
>> apps are also removed from the Startup group otherwise there would still
>> be the Defender nag from the systray/"Notification area"
>>
>> Hope that helps...
>>
>> --
>> Julian I-Do-Stuff
>>
>> Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com
>> "Wildcat" <rwhelan@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4816DA22-6461-481E-A0F9-D4433EA4ABC1@microsoft.com...
>>>I am trying to run a batch file at startup that turns UAC off. It runs
>>>fine if UAC is already off but access is denied if it is not already off.
>>>This was not the intention of the .bat file. I am using Home Premium and
>>>it seems that Windows Defender turns UAC on when it is run and then I
>>>have to turn it off manually and re-boot. Too much time. Anyone know
>>>how to stop the access denied? I tried permissions on the USERS folder
>>>to no avail.
>>>
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