Re: WHQL scope for ControlDeviceObject KMD

I'll intensify what Maxim said. It's not only *normal*, it's the whole point of UAC in the first place. If you find a way around it, please let MS know so they can fix the security hole.

The only way to avoid getting a UAC dialog every time you load your driver is to install it with an INF, and get that signed. AFAIK, demand starting an already-installed signed driver isn't inherently a UAC event.

(Though, it's apparently a little tricky sometimes, see here: http://www.osronline.com/showthread.cfm?link=152431)

Maxim S. Shatskih wrote:
then. But, I still have a problem of trying to load/unload this
driver, which causes a UAC prompt everytime

That is normal. Load/unload of the driver is the privileged operation.



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