The Microsoft User Account Control blog has a pretty good explanation of the process. Microsoft designed Secure Desktop mode to prevent malicious code from spoofing what's shown on the screen and thereby trick the user into installing malware or revealing sensitive information--like their user name and password.
Unfortunately, it's also prevents us from taking our UAC screenshot. What's the answer? As it turns out, there are a handful ways to get around the UAC's locked desktop. Here they are in order of my preference. While UAC can be a real annoyance, at least it's configurable. And, you can prevent UAC from switching to the secure desktop when the prompt appears.
As neither the Group Policy Editor nor its Local Security counterpart is available in Windows Vista Home, those running this OS will need to modify the machine's local security policy through a quick registry edit.
If editing the Windows Registry and fiddling with the group policy settings aren't for you, a virtual machine might be the ticket. Virtual machines are a great way to test operating systems and software.
Along the same lines as using a virtual machine, using Windows Remote Desktop allows you to view one machine's screen the target on a second machine the host.
Keeping the target's Desktop in a Remote Desktop window on the host, you can grab a screenshot of the window and thus, the UAC prompt. This method however, requires that you have two machines. Winaero greatly relies on your support. You can help the site keep bringing you interesting and useful content and software by using these options:.
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Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. How to screen shot a UAC prompt? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 2 months ago. Active 1 year, 5 months ago. Viewed 20k times. Improve this question.
BoltClock k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Connect via Team viewer, then take screenshot from menu. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. This method using the group policy editor should do the job: 1 Run gpedit. Improve this answer. Michael Goldshteyn Michael Goldshteyn On my windows, the "Switch to the secure desktop Took me a while to find it. Alternatively, run Windows in a VM and take a screenshot of that. Michael Madsen Michael Madsen Kate Gregory Kate Gregory A step by step Guide Step 1.
Click on 'yes' when the UAC ask for permission. Harun Or Rashid Md. Harun Or Rashid 1, 3 3 gold badges 19 19 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. Alternative to Michael Goldshteyns answer You can more quickly achieve the same by copying the first registry command below and pasting it into an elevated command prompt , then hit enter. Arete Arete 3 3 gold badges 16 16 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges. It just works!
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