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Can't elevate to administrator privileges
Hi all!
I've run into a weird issue where some of the computers I administer work fine, but some don't. For example, whenever I need to perform a task that requires admin privileges while logged into regular account (usually because it's the most convenient way of doing things), the computers that work fine just ask for the password and off the 3rd party software update goes.
Then again, some other computers ask for the password, and then fail to install 3rd party software updates, referring that I need admin privileges... despite me just having given them a password, and the OS accepting it. The only way around this is to actually log in with the admin account to apply the updates. Not a major hassle, but this is completely random and I'd like to determine the root cause.
Running Windows 7 Pro x64 on basically all the rigs in question (a single exception).
Any ideas?