Running Windows 2008 R2 server. I would like to continue leveraging the UAC feature. I have these two UAC settings deployed via a GPO:
1. User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt or administrators in Admin Approval Mode = Prompt for consent on the secure desktop.
2. User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode = Enalbed
With UAC enabled, when I click on certain folders on the c:\ drive (for example, PerfLogs) i get the message "you don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder." When I click Continue it gives my account explicit permissions to that folder. This is not the desired outcome. I am a Domain Admin and a member of the Administrators local group. The Administrators group has the permissions to the c:\perflogs folder.
I don't want to circumvent UAC behavior or set a less desirable settings to bypass UAC as some other solutions have provided. I thought that this was improved in Windows Server 2008 R2 where we can maintain UAC but still get to these folders without having the explicit permissions set.
I also want to avoid having to change ownership. Can this be accomplished in W2K8 R2? If so, please be detailed in the solution.
thank you,
Raffi