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Copper Contributor

Mar 23, 2022

UAC elevation prompt for standard users

MSFT Windows 10 21H2 - Computer have the following setting recommendation Policy: User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users Setting: Automatically deny elevation...

rahuljindal

Bronze Contributor

Mar 24, 2022

What is your delivery method for the policy? If it is a GPO, then you can create a custom policy over the baseline with higher precedence to prompt for credentials. I blogged about this using Intune, but the admx policy setting is the same. https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com/2021/03/intune-uac-elevation-prompt-behavior.html

mfalde

Brass Contributor

Mar 25, 2022

Intune is an option as well.

rahuljindal
Bronze Contributor
Mar 25, 2022
Sorry, was that directed to me? I already mentioned about using Intune as a delivery tool for the policy.
- mfalde
  Brass Contributor
  Mar 29, 2022
  Apologies, I thought I was replying to Aaron's earlier comment. 🙂
  - rahuljindal
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 29, 2022
    Not a problem. 🙂
- andreaskrovel
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 28, 2022
  The problem isn't making exceptions in GPO or Intune for this setting, but how I manage the clients if this setting is set to Automatically deny elevation requests
  - rahuljindal
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 28, 2022
    Ok, in that case the available options that comes to my mind are switching user to admin account or elevating permissions on demand for a standard user using a 3rd party script or an app. Make me an admin is an example.