User Account Control Troubleshooting Guide

Note

This guide contains detailed information about User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 for the IT professional. If you need help and how-to information for using UAC in Windows 7 at home, see the following: What is User Account Control? (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159927) What are User Account Control settings? (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159926) When should I allow programs to make changes to my computer? (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159928) Turn User Account Control on or off (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159929)

Note
UAC is not available in a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

This guide helps IT professionals troubleshoot and resolve the following problems with UAC:

• An Application Cannot Run as a Standard User
  
  
• Some Programs Cannot Access Network Locations When UAC Is Enabled
  
  
• You Encounter Unexpected Behavior When You Log on to a Remote Computer and UAC Is Enabled
  
  
• You Encounter Unexpected Behavior When You Perform Tasks as a Standard User and UAC Is Disabled
  
  
• E-mail Messages in Outlook 2007 Cannot Be Indexed or Searched When Elevated User Rights Are Used
  
  
• A UAC Notification Message Appears When You Remove or Repair a Program in Windows 7
  
  
• A Black Screen Appears During a Remote Assistance Session in Windows 7
  
  
• UAC Prompts Appear on the User Desktop Instead of the Secure Desktop