User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14242	WN12-SO-000085	SV-52953r1_rule	ECCD-1 ECCD-2	Medium

Description
User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures non-UAC-compliant applications to run in virtualized file and registry entries in per-user locations, allowing them to run.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-07-09

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-45879r2_fix)
UAC requirements are NA on Server Core installations. Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations" to "Enabled".