So we’ve got some shiny new Windows Server 2008 R2 installs here at work. I just had to work on one of them. It takes all the annoying features of Windows server 2008 and apparently AMPS THEM UP TO 11.
I am an administrator on the box. I tried to save a file from notepad to my documents library. Nope. Apparently you have to run notepad as administrator to be able to save files.
I tried to copy a file from one drive to another. Have to get prompted to elevate credentails for that. Renamed a file…had to get the elevated credentials prompt for that, too.
What kind of crazy shit is this? Are we back to the Windows Vista nagware style of computing? I’ll format the fucking C drive right now, you bastards!
Is there a way to change this prompting, or am I stuck with it?
About a year ago I tried to install the Windows Server R2 and the newest SQLServer. I spent weeks, got experts, in the end, had to get a different version of of one or the other (don’t remember which.)
I would suggest a quick primer book on the main differences with server 2008/windows 7. Many of the paths (desktops/my docs) have been moved and you won’t be able to move files around to them as in the past. There are also high security settings on certain folders.
So, the answer is NO, then? I can’t turn off this ridiculously elevated security level?
The security features are called User Account Control (UAC).
They can be configured to meet company security policy requirements or they can also be disabled entirely if desired (Group Policy/Local Security Policy, msconfig, etc…)