How to remove "Priveleged Server" as default UAC prompt?

[Andrey Repin]

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.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:34:52

Sorry for my terrible english...