Act Scheduler Issues: Try turning off UAC (User Account Control)

If you schedule automatic synchronization of Act databases or schedule automatic backups in Act via the Act scheduler tool you might find these fail after a period of time.

Recently, I scheduled an automatic synchronization for one of my clients. I know I did it. As a matter of practice it is just one of those things I always do. Typically, I also schedule automatic backups.

My client called me and said that he didn’t feel the synchronization’s were happening on a regular basis and I was perplexed. I know had set it up and I was beginning to wonder if old age was creeping up on me and I only imagine doing that. Upon further investigation I determined that it was most likely disrupted because I had not turned off you UAC or User Account Control on my client’s computer.

What is UAC?

User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows that can help you stay in control of your computer by informing you when a program makes a change that requires administrator-level permission.

What is User Account Control? – Windows Help

User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows that can help you stay in control of your computer by informing you when a program makes a change that requires administrator-level permission. UAC works by adjusting the permission level of your user account. If you’re doing tasks that can be done as a standard user, such as reading e‑mail, listening to music, or creating documents, you have the permissions of a standard user—even if you’re logged on as an administrator.

When changes are going to be made to your computer that require administrator-level permission, UAC notifies you. If you are an administrator, you can click Yes to continue. If you are not an administrator, someone with an administrator account on the computer will have to enter their password for you to continue. If you give permission, you are temporarily given the rights of an administrator to complete the task and then your permissions are returned back to that of a standard user. This makes it so that even if you’re using an administrator account, changes cannot be made to your computer without you knowing about it, which can help prevent malicious software (malware) and spyware from being installed on or making changes to your computer.

When your permission or password is needed to complete a task, UAC will notify you with one of four different types of dialog boxes. The table below describes the different types of dialog boxes used to notify you and guidance on how to respond to them.

This video shows you how to turn off UAC:

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