Sonic Studio 3 UAC issue with latest Win 10 1903 update KB4517211 OS Build 18362.387

[hexaae]

After latest Win 10 1903 update (KB4522738 and KB4517211) to 18362.387, Windows at every login will ask to confirm execution of Sonic Studio 3.
Did NEVER happen before.



ASUS Sonic Studio 3.6.42.51937

Laptop ASUS GL703GS (BIOS 310)
CPU i7-8750H (iGPU unavailable)
GTX 1070 8GB (vbios 86.04.7c.00.24, Samsung VRAM)
Windows 10 Pro 1903 (18362.387)
Desktop res: 1080p (1920x1080)
Screen: 144Hz + g-sync AUO B173HAN03.2 [AUO329D]
Audio: Realtek HD Audio (ALC295 chipset)
Hard disks: NVMe Samsung, SSD Crucial
USB Blu-Ray 4K drive: Verbatim 43888 (Pioneer BDR-UD04)

SOLUTION FOUND
EDIT:
Fix released by ASUS at msg #62: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?113529-Sonic-Studio-3-UAC-issue-with-latest-Win-10-1903-up...

[wallos]

Hello, I did what you said, and again I lowered the audio driver and I could install without problems each one of what I needed, I will explain here the steps.

1) I downloaded the AUDIO Version 6.0.1.8746 2019/12/03 driver from the asus page of that model: ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC) To decompress it, since it weighs 686.47 MBytes because it contains inside SonicRadar and SonicSuite installers.

2) After installing the AUDIO driver, it may take a while (seconds) at the end of the installation and tell you that such hardware is not bearable. (Audio is installed correctly, but the warning is by SonicRadar and SonicSuite)

There are cases that run all run since it is bearable, so no problem.

In the case that the first thing that is not supported happens, you have to go to the SonicSuite folder and run the Setup_FineTuningTool2, after that, you must run Setup_SonicRadar3 or Setup_SonicStudio3 (no matter the order)

Ty hexaae!

[Delosari]

wallos wrote:
Hello, I did what you said, and again I lowered the audio driver and I could install without problems each one of what I needed, I will explain here the steps.

1) I downloaded the AUDIO Version 6.0.1.8746 2019/12/03 driver from the asus page of that model: ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC) To decompress it, since it weighs 686.47 MBytes because it contains inside SonicRadar and SonicSuite installers.

2) After installing the AUDIO driver, it may take a while (seconds) at the end of the installation and tell you that such hardware is not bearable. (Audio is installed correctly, but the warning is by SonicRadar and SonicSuite)

There are cases that run all run since it is bearable, so no problem.

In the case that the first thing that is not supported happens, you have to go to the SonicSuite folder and run the Setup_FineTuningTool2, after that, you must run Setup_SonicRadar3 or Setup_SonicStudio3 (no matter the order)

Ty hexaae!

Thank you for sharing the detailed steps. It worked for me 🙂

[hexaae]

Just to be clear: installing the whole audio driver package is not required to solve the UAC issue on boot. All you have to do is update Sonic Studio 3, Radar 3, and FineTuning Tool (if you use these last two).

[philmae]

Thank you very much!
It works!

I was lurking at this problem every day for almost 2 months now, since it was very annoying.

It is still not available on the GL703GS official driver download page (what are they doing ?!) but your solution works!
Just take the "Sonic Studio" folder out from the big zip file.
Then, uninstall Sonic Studio 3 and reinstall it with the new SonicStudio3 installer.

I did not need the 2 other programs.
What does "FineTuning Tool" do? I did not find any information on the web.

Now, it works perfectly!
No more UAC warning while booting.

For further information : Sonic Studio 3 is MANDATORY to install on the GL703GS, as the mic does not work properly without it - I mean, really not properly, not just too low or something. It is weird, as I anyway deactivate every "sound improvements" that Sonic Studio offers.

Thank you again!

[winyl]

I experience this after January 2020 cumulative update OS build 18363.628 and on sonic Studio 2.4.13 It wont run completly or breaks sound if it starts. I wonder why I did not have this problem earlier?
The annoying this is, when loging to desktop UAC now displays dimmed empty desktop with language icon in right bottom corner. There is only one combination Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get rid of this screen and the error window disappears a second after returning to desktop. I had to take screenshot to see the error window actually. Ehh. And also january 2020 cumulative broke Spotlight and windows content delivery manager now wont download spotlight images. Oh well, MS, they fix something, they brake something.