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Windows 7 UAC (user access control) is being disabled on every reboot

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Mar 15, 20262923 views
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To put it simply, I noticed UAC was disabled so I enabled it. I was prompted to reboot the computer for the changes to take effect. Upon my reboot I checked the settings again as I hadn't disabled UAC in the first place. It was again set to off (never notify). For the heck of it I repeated the proc…

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Fix for: Windows 7 UAC (user access control) is being disabled on every reboot

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I finally figured out the cause of my problem. It was in fact malware. Unfortunately none of the various antivirus, malware and rootkit scanners I tried detected it so I had to figure it out through lots of googling. In my case the offender seems to…

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