First here is some background information, hopefully someone can help me understand what is going on that the elevation prompt is still appearing. This may get confusing and sound ridiculous, but bear with me as it is what I have to work with.
This is the chain Windows 7 PC (admin) remoting into Windows Server 2008 R2 server then offering assistance through Windows Remote Assistance to another Windows 7 PC (user) through the server. I am remoting into the server because my Workstation is offsite
and outside of the LAN, but is part of the domain via VPN.
Here is the actual problem. I offer remote assistance to the user. The user accepts. I request control. The user checks the box to allow me to interact with the UAC prompts and accepts. The screen goes black for me and has a pause symbol on it. The user has
received a UAC prompt requesting elevation. He is not an admin. We get stuck here.
Here is what I have tried:
I've enabled "User Account Control: Allow UIAccess applications to prompt for elevation without using the secure desktop."
I've disabled "User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation."
I've tried in both enabled and disabled states "Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations."
I've installed the hotfix described in this KB post: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2614066
After each of these changes I have had the user restart and when appropriate I've done gpupdate /force or logged off per requests from Group Policy notifications.
I'm at a loss for why the prompts are not appearing in the Windows Remote Assistance window. Any ideas?
