jschollen,

"Is it possible to (programmatorically) disable UAC?"

This may not be any use to you, however if you can access the registry (depending on your account privileges) you could check the registry key (using Win32::TieRegistry): 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableUAC

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If it is set to 0 then it is disabled, else set it to 0 (its default is 1). A reboot is required before the change will take effect. I guess you could fall back on using WMI if you can not do this.

Hope this helps

Martin

In reply to Re: (OT) Windows Vista UAC by marto
in thread (OT) Windows Vista UAC by jschollen

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