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Windows asks for admin rights where it shouldn't after patch

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: Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps

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Windows asks for admin rights where it shouldn't after patch

: Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps

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Microsoft's August Update Ruins Workflows: Uac Terror for Standard Users After Security Patch

With the August 2025 security update for Windows 10 and Windows 11, Microsoft has once again proven that good intentions don't always mean good execution. The goal of the update was to close a dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2025-50173) that allowed local attackers to secretly escalate their privileges to administrator level via weaknesses in the Windows Installer. The patch itself addresses this […] Source

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