per-user repair

About this tag
The per-user repair tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Windows Installer (MSI) repair operations that run in a per-user context, particularly in relation to the August 2025 cumulative updates. These updates introduced a security hardening for CVE-2025-50173 that unexpectedly triggers User Account Control (UAC) prompts and MSI Error 1730 for non-administrator users during per-user configuration flows. Topics include Microsoft's mitigations such as Known Issue Rollback (KIR) and administrative workarounds to restore compatibility while preserving the security fix. The tag is relevant for IT professionals and users troubleshooting UAC prompts or MSI failures after applying the August 2025 Windows updates.

  1. August 2025 Windows Update Hardens Windows Installer, Triggers UAC Prompts for Non-Admins

    Microsoft’s August cumulative update intended to close a Windows Installer privilege‑escalation hole instead tightened the User Account Control (UAC) rules so aggressively that standard (non‑administrator) users now see unexpected UAC prompts and, in many cases, cannot complete everyday app...
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    • cve-2025-50173 first run kb5063878 kir known issue rollback msi patch per-user repair privilege escalation uac windows windows 10 windows 11 windows installation windows server
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  2. Windows August 2025 Updates: UAC Prompts, MSI 1730, CVE-2025-50173 Mitigations

    Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...
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    • active setup advertising flow app packaging august 2025 autocad autodesk civil-3d compatibility configmgr configuration manager cve-2025-50173 delivery planning deployment deployment strategies education elevation endpoint security enterprise deployment enterprise it error 1730 first run first-run-setup group policy intune inventor isv packaging isvs it administration it pros kb5063878 kir known issue rollback msi msi 1730 msi advertising msi repair msi-error-1730 msix office 2010 patch per-user installation per-user repair per-user-install privilege privilege escalation run as administrator sccm sccm configmgr security security hardening security patch uac uac prompts vendor-update windows windows 10 windows 11 windows installation windows server workflow wsus wsus-configmgr
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