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UAC Issue?

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ray4389

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I recently had a UAC pop-up on start-up of my windows 8.1 machine asking if I wanted to allow "service" to make changes to my computer. I always click yes, but accidentally clicked no. Now programs are not starting properly at startup.

Where can I go to fix that mistake? I can't find this information anywhere :confused:
 
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You sure it was UAC and not the firewall?

Check to see if your browser is using a proxy. If it is, turn it off and see if your internet works. Proxying information through a "service" would be a good way to steal all your secret information, just ask Lenovo!

If you have a proxy, and you don't know what it is, I highly recommend some pretty aggressive antivirus/antimalware scanning.
 
Demon10000 said:
You sure it was UAC and not the firewall?

Check to see if your browser is using a proxy. If it is, turn it off and see if your internet works. Proxying information through a "service" would be a good way to steal all your secret information, just ask Lenovo!

If you have a proxy, and you don't know what it is, I highly recommend some pretty aggressive antivirus/antimalware scanning.
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That's irrelevant to my issue.
 
Check your system for Malware, it sounds like you might have one of the ones that taps into your network connection. Windows does not require admin access to process networking.
 
This is not a malware issue. I simply messed up a service after an update. Stop suggesting otherwise. I need simply to fix this. It's a UAC issue.

I need information of where to change the settings for that.

I'm not asking troubleshooting questions. I need only what I asked for.
 
Wtf is with the attitude? UAC is there for a reason. You clicking no did not mess up a service. Something else messed up something because from what you're saying, clicking no to the uac prompt caused networking to fail... Which doesn't happen on an uninfected system.
 
ray4389 said:
There are no networking issues.
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I could have sworn you said there were =P

But okay. To my knowledge, UAC doesn't store any list of things you clicked yes or no to. (someone else please correct me if i'm wrong)

If the UAC prompt does not pop up again when you restart your computer, then that service which you previously said no to, did not request access to change anything on your system again.

So, if there's no popup, there's really nothing to fix. Perhaps on being denied access this ambiguous "Service" disabled itself? You could check msconfig for any services which are not set to start up?

More information would really help us help you. What do you mean by programs "not starting properly"
 
I fixed the issue with a restore point prior to the updates installed. It's working again and updated too.

PS. No malware found. :rolleyes:
 
ray4389 said:
I fixed the issue with a restore point prior to the updates installed. It's working again and updated too.

PS. No malware found. :rolleyes:
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Lol well that's good. Next time you have an issue give more complete details if you want applicable help instead of getting pissy at the folks trying to lend you a hand.

You remind me of my dad getting upset at his computer for things he did himself.
 
chockomonkey said:
Lol well that's good. Next time you have an issue give more complete details if you want applicable help instead of getting pissy at the folks trying to lend you a hand.

You remind me of my dad getting upset at his computer for things he did himself.
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Not only that, but more information all around (what was broke, what was done to fix) helps the next person who has the same or similar issue down the line.
 
Eulogy said:
Not only that, but more information all around (what was broke, what was done to fix) helps the next person who has the same or similar issue down the line.
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The problem was actually a VPN that I don't use but had installed to test has a virtual network driver. For some reason when I did not allow the program on start-up, it fucked up the loading of a few applications. Why? I'm not sure, but regardless it was easier to restore to point just prior to Windows updates I had just performed.

There is no malware and never was and nobody should have suggested it. There was no indication that it even remotely sounded like a malware problem. I never got upset, but it does make me question if the people that responded even read the post in the first place. It seems to me many assumptions were made and quickly dismissed as malware.

TL;DR It was a virtual network driver for a VPN service I tested that caused the issue and not malware :rolleyes:
 
ray4389 said:
There is no malware and never was and nobody should have suggested it. There was no indication that it even remotely sounded like a malware problem.
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I recently had a UAC pop-up on start-up of my windows 8.1 machine asking if I wanted to allow "service" to make changes to my computer. I always click yes, but accidentally clicked no.
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I say, I say boy, are you slow? *aside* He's denser than a black hole and half as bright.
 
The description of 'always clicking yes' to 'uac prompts on startup' is a strong indication that something is seriously wrong with the computer. You're not supposed to get any UAC prompts on startup. Nada.

If the prompt came only this time due to this VPN, your own description is totally misleading.
 
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