SERVER 2012 ADMIN APPROVAL MODE – FILE RIGHTS DENIED WITHOUT

an extra prompt.

SEARCH for local security policy

Local Policies > Security Policies > User Account Controls: and then the two settings below. First is defaulted to disabled.

Has a new feature called “ADMIN APPROVAL MODE” which prompts even admins to confirm basic file share actions like UAC settings. If you’re dealing with a 9.3 client and running into file share issues make sure under the local security policy that the two options below are DISABLED to prevent basic errors from reading/writing to shared drives. Windows Server 2012 defaults to enable this.

‘Admin Approval Mode for build in administrators’ – DISABLED
‘Run all administrators in Admin Approval mode’ – DISABLED

Hardware please make sure we disable these settings on any 2012 servers we setup. That OS is approved for 9.3 clients only.

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Karen Page

As VP of Sales & Marketing, Karen has been helping to break sales records since 1994! That’s almost 30 years of award-winning sales, helping to build Big Hairy Dog as a leading POS Software and Service provider…worldwide. She has a degree in fine arts (with a minor in business) from the University of Oregon, and with three amazing children and saint of a husband, Karen is still loving life in the Northwest—where she works from home in the Portland, Oregon area.

Her favorite pastime is tailgating at college football games with friends and family. Go Ducks!

Karen Page

As VP of Sales & Marketing, Karen has been helping to break sales records since 1994! That’s 25 years of award-winning sales, helping to build Big Hairy Dog as a leading POS Software and Service provider…worldwide. She has a degree in fine arts (with a minor in business) from the University of Oregon, and with three amazing children and saint of a husband, Karen is still loving life in the Northwest—where she works from home in the Portland, Oregon area.

Her favorite pastime is tailgating at college football games with friends and family. Go Ducks!