Drop into GAC on Windows Server 2008

If you are getting the message that access is denied when trying to drop a dll into the GAC on a Windows Server 2008 and you have administrator priviledges

1. 1. From the Administrative Tools select ‘Local Security Policy’
2. 2. From ‘Local Policies’ select ‘Security Options’
3. 3. Scroll down to ‘User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode’ and disabled it
4. 4. Reboot for the policy to be applied.

“User Account Control: Run all users, including administrators, as standard users.

This security setting determines the behavior of all UAC policies for the entire system.

The options are:

• Enabled: Admin Approval Mode and all other UAC policies are dependent on this option being enabled.  Changing this setting requires a system reboot.

• Disabled: Admin Approval Mode user type and all related UAC policies will be disabled.  Note: the Security Center will notify that the overall security of the operating system has been reduced.

Default: Enabled”