quakelive and UAC

by beAsty • 2 Apr 2011, 14:18 • Journals
since i have UAC at the maximum lvl + set "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin" to "1", i cant play quakelive anymore. It said fatal error and thats it (when joining a game). disabling UAC makes it work (after a reboot).

any fix to play quakelive with UAC enabled?

thanks

@edit: re-installed it -> works
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Sample 2 Apr 2011, 15:20
why uac is enabled?
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beAsty 2 Apr 2011, 15:44
after reading some articles about it, it seems its pretty much one of the best security tools for windows :o without even beeing that annoying.
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Sample 2 Apr 2011, 15:48
kinda hard to believe since every security made by microsoft sucks hard
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beAsty 2 Apr 2011, 17:52
imo microsoft security essential 2 is also one of the best AV´s you can get :P
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grzesiek 2 Apr 2011, 16:56
ahahhaha wat
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Kenzi 2 Apr 2011, 15:25
Disable UAC
Problem solved.
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Deactivated6583 2 Apr 2011, 15:38
wat ze f00ck is UAC?
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Kenzi 2 Apr 2011, 16:00
User Account Control
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Quazz 2 Apr 2011, 16:19
UAC is crap. You're better of with your antivirus dealing with it anyway.
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beAsty 2 Apr 2011, 17:55
not rly.

actually uac is a pretty usefull thing. If you then put it on the highest level + "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin" = "1" then malware also cant disable it.

uac will tell you everytime when something (doesnt matter what it is) wants to access/modify data which it shouldnt need to access to (windows files,user stuff,...).

@edit: uac will tell you when smth does:

Running an Application as an Administrator
Changes to system-wide settings or to files in %SystemRoot% or %ProgramFiles%
Installing and uninstalling applications
Installing device drivers
Installing ActiveX controls
Changing settings for Windows Firewall
Changing UAC settings
Configuring Windows Update
Adding or removing user accounts
Changing a user’s account type
Configuring Parental Controls
Running Task Scheduler
Restoring backed-up system files
Viewing or changing another user’s folders and files
Running Disk Defragmenter
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Quazz 2 Apr 2011, 18:28
My antivirus does that, so I don't need UAC, you mad bro
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beAsty 2 Apr 2011, 18:34
yep mine does it too and like 700 others do the same. but they are all bypassable. UAC isnt (with the right settings).

besides that you can kill most av´s/fw´s with malware anyway...
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Quazz 2 Apr 2011, 20:42
Everything is bypassible.

And lol, you'd have to have pretty crappy av to get caught off guard by malware.
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beAsty 2 Apr 2011, 21:16
i have a 1 year old trojan-builder on my pc which is still fully undedectable to any AV... its pretty "easy" to "bypass" an AV.

and no, UAC isnt bypassbale with the right settings.
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Quazz 2 Apr 2011, 22:07
Dude, everything is bypassible. Everything.
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Techniker 3 Apr 2011, 11:53
"and no, UAC isnt bypassbale with the right settings."

stop acting naive, it's not like you're the first one to say the program he's using isn't bypassable...
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beAsty 3 Apr 2011, 16:49
without admin password and access to the hardware itself (so sitting infront of the laptop/pc) there is no way until now on how to bypass UAC. With lower settings / without password prompt - there is.
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Techniker 3 Apr 2011, 16:56
"admin password"
"until now"
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beAsty 3 Apr 2011, 17:35
is there a way to bypass root pw on linux? for what i know there wasnt a way for the last xxxx years ?
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Techniker 3 Apr 2011, 21:43
even if you're having a compareable safety you're _not_ as safe as a linux user
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beAsty 3 Apr 2011, 22:00
according to some articles about UAC (from microsoft and some other well known security site but cant find the link anymore): UAC with the right settings + password prompt is as secure as linux and its root pw.

But since 99% of people work on win7 with default UAC settings while beeing logged in as admin, you wont have any real security.

Put UAC on max level (win7)
Work with a standart user

UAC will give you a password prompt everytime smth needs admin priviliges or tries to modify / access data which only admins should need.

Aswell as UAC cant be disabled/bypassed when having those settings,
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phate 2 Apr 2011, 16:51
add me jonge :O)
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beAsty 2 Apr 2011, 17:53
acccount? :)
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xoaC 2 Apr 2011, 17:45
yo beasty
wenn du bock hast add mich pls
xoaC
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