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Scenario: Error “Access Denied” when scanning an AWS Windows machine with a local user account

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Double click to modify User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode

Change to Disabled

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Same can be disabled from registry by running below powershell command.

Set-ItemProperty -Path REGISTRY::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -Name EnableLUA -Value 0

REBOOT

I mean actually reboot, dont just say that you rebooted without really rebooting.

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