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I have a remote session going on Windows Server 2019. I am logged in as a user who is a member of the local Administrators on the server. When I try to copy a folder I get the message: enter image description here

If I click Continue it goes ahead with the copy. There are other servers I work with where I don't see this behavior.

Why is Windows prompting me this way? Is there a server wide setting that controls this?

Matthew MacFarland
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    That's a function of User Account Control. – joeqwerty Aug 22 '21 at 22:39
  • @joeqwerty I checked UAC on this server. The slider in the UAC settings is currently set to Never Notify. It doesn't seem like I should be seeing the prompts if the setting in Never Notify. – Matthew MacFarland Aug 23 '21 at 12:10
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    @joeqwerty According to this article the UAC setting in the Control Panel doesn't always work, so the setting must be changed in the Windows Registry. After following those steps and restarting the server I am no longer prompted to continue when I copy files on the server. – Matthew MacFarland Aug 23 '21 at 13:19

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As @joeqwerty wrote, that's a function of User Account Control (UAC), which has been part of Windows increased security posture since the Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista days.

Yes, there are server-wide settings to turn off UAC, and no, you usually shouldn't do that: The system is not without faults but it protects you from a number of categories of user error and malicious software behavior. Change your habits to work within the intentions of the system instead.

Mikael H
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  • I had to force the system to turn off UAC using the registry. You make a good point about working with the intensions of the system. The article you cite has some good information about that. – Matthew MacFarland Aug 23 '21 at 13:22