X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 486453858D1E DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1680083445; bh=w6QnFJoxno1yTlRv2Sa2auKzrCH9O611h5ffh4cK/6E=; h=Date:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=EMISW2t5JxGny5q+BkNJtgJU5/DuXlU5IupKp+wfwvbFM4bbF1c6UR22Myi/rYv/U 9fuZJ+1Xa5OIj7E3LRPWpQVvXwtBqmrMT6lQNmA+M5xXkv/T65CNlohtlT6b7CmK2K cWnCKCpBhnx5uOm0Oq+pfSM0BpennRppwX/m7zCU= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 166323858C50 X-Yandex-Fwd: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:36:30 +0300 X-Mailer: The Bat! (v9.3.4) Professional Message-ID: <1704047868.20230329123630@yandex.ru> To: WyntrHeart , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How to remove "Priveleged Server" as default UAC prompt? In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, KAM_THEBAT, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Andrey Repin via Cygwin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: Andrey Repin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: cygwin-bounces+archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" Greetings, WyntrHeart! > I installed the Cron daemon running under the cyg_server account, Why? Should be installed under LocalSystem user. > and now whenever Windows 10 gives me a UAC prompt it defaults to asking for the > password for "privileged server" and I have to manually click to change it > to my PIN entry every time. This is extremely annoying and slows down what > would otherwise be very fast interactions. Is there a way to revert this > behavior without uninstalling Cron and/or the cyg_server account? And if I > run Cron under my own username (I have admin rights, but UAC is enabled) > will it be able to automate actions that require admin privileges? Not to my knowledge. Use system scheduler to automate system tasks. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:34:52 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple