UAC is disabled (EnableLua reg key = 0) on our Windows 7 build and neither standard users nor admins see any UAC prompts. We want to replicate this on our Windows 8.1 build without breaking the Microsoft Store, but disabling UAC by setting the EnableLua reg key to 0 breaks the Microsoft Store, so we have to set the EnableLua reg key to 1 which means standard users are prompted for credentials when trying to access regedit, etc. Not ideal. In an attempt to suppress the UAC prompts for standard users, I changed the ConsentPromptBehaviorUser reg key from 0 to 6, based on the following testing:-

0 = "your system administrator has blocked this program" when trying to run ActiveSetup reg keys during 
1 = asks for admin credentials when launching UAC which is set to Always Notify
2 = asks for admin credentials when launching UAC which is set to Always Notify
3 = asks for admin credentials when launching UAC which is set to Always Notify me (and do not dim my desktop) when:
6 = asks for admin credentials when launching UAC which is set to Never Notify

How can we suppress all UAC prompts for standard users (i.e. non-admins) without breaking the Microsoft Store please?

Thanks
Scott

• Edited by mr5h Wednesday, July 01, 2015 3:00 PM

UAC is prompting standard users to import HKCU reg keys on our Windows 8 build. UAC does not do this on our Windows 7 build because UAC is disabled.

So, is there any way we can import these HKCU reg keys for each standard user that logs on for the first time without UAC prompting these users for credentials please?

So, is there any way we can import these HKCU reg keys for each standard user that logs on for the first time without UAC prompting these users for credentials please?

We use Domain Group Policy Preferences to deliver registry settings to our users and machines, it works very well for us.