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More UAC stuff making confusion in Windows 7

More UAC stuff making confusion in Windows 7

By Andreas Stenhall March 1, 2011 User Account Control, Windows 7 0 Comments

I get many questions about the confusing problem with mapped network connections not being available when running for instance cmd.exe as an administrator even though the account is the same one being used when the cmd.exe is run with standard rights and everything works splendid.

The cause of this is UAC and the fact that you have multiple security tokens and that the mapped network drives are linked to the standard user token and not the administrator token. The solution is to enable “Linked Connections”, see the KB article 937624 for more information on how to set this value.

Also read the case of some other mysterious problems or behaviors when UAC is en effect.

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Andreas Stenhall

I'm Andreas Stenhall and my work passion is the Windows client in combination with Microsoft 365 security and management services. I do consulting, I produce and teach my own courses, I lecture and I present and my formal work title is prinicipal workplace advisor and architect at Coligo in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm also proud to be an Microsoft MVP since 2009. I have presented at BUILD, TechEd in the US and Europe and regional TechDays. Follow me on twitter @AndreasStenhall.

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