From ecf7bceb2665e78fc421271c5e8dd6e4ccf70e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitchell Hashimoto Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:04:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] website/docs: clarify UAC disable [GH-5294] --- website/docs/source/v2/boxes/base.html.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/base.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/base.html.md index 61007ce92..4a6ec2ca1 100644 --- a/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/base.html.md +++ b/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/base.html.md @@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ hard XP fan [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/18593425/18475) may help you. - Disable "Shutdown Tracker" - Disable "Server Manager" starting at login (for non-Core) +In addition to disabling UAC in the control panel, you also must disable +UAC in the registry. This may vary from Windows version to Windows version, +but Windows 8/8.1 use the command below. This will allow some things like +automated Puppet installs to work within Vagrant Windows base boxes. + + reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f /reg:64 + ### Base WinRM Configuration To enable and configure WinRM you'll need to set the WinRM service to