Stephanie Kahlam
Scenario:
In Windows 2012 R2 you turn off UAC from Control Panel – User Accounts…
Next you try to copy a folder from Server A to Server B where UAC is turned off.
You choose to replace or skip same files and even Allow to continue when prompted by Administrator approval window. (Huh…. Didn’t you turn UAC off?)
What’s happening?
In windows 2012 R2 turning UAC off is not enough. Nope you have to modify a registry entry (of course you do) in order to Fully Completely turn it off.
Fix:
Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
“EnableLUA”=dword:0000000
Change the 1 (enabled) to 0 (disabled)
Then (really important !!) RESTART your system. You will be prompted to anyway.
Once restarted no more Elevated approval windows and no more issues.
Thanks Windows 2012 R2 for making that so easy (sarcasm)