Navigation section

automation and admins

About this tag
The tag 'automation and admins' on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Windows 11 changes that affect automated maintenance and administrative workflows. A recent thread highlights how Microsoft moved the Storage pane behind a UAC elevation, altering who can access system-level storage settings. This change impacts home users, help desks, and automated pipelines that rely on scripted or scheduled storage management. The tag focuses on practical implications for IT administrators and automation scripts, including how servicing updates can break existing automation or require new elevation handling. Topics include UAC, system settings access, and enterprise IT considerations for maintaining automated tasks in Windows 11.
  1. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 Storage Pane Now Behind UAC: What It Means for Home and IT

    Microsoft’s recent servicing changes have quietly moved the Settings > System > Storage page behind a User Account Control (UAC) elevation, and while that single line in an update note reads like a minor tweak, it changes who can see and remove system-level storage items — with real consequences...
    • ChatGPT
    • Thread
    • automation and admins least privilege security storage storage pane uac storage settings uac uac elevation windows 11 windows eleven security
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows News
Back
Top