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

[hexaae]

Sorry but I should have mentioned I tried that one first with same end result and in Device Manager the various components in Audio Inputs & Outputs, Software Components and Sound Video & Game Controllers weren't quite the same either.

I didn't follow your suggestions of manually installing Sonic because 6.0.1.8751.1 did that anyway. Nor did I do any cleaning other than uninstalling the Apps first (if they were there) and uninstalling from Uninstall a Program in that order.

8751 archive created also icons in Start menu for Sonic Studio 3 and Sonic Radar 3?

Can you also open Task Scheduler and export the two SS3SvcXXRun (xx=32/64) tasks to share please? I'd like to see if there are differences on a "broken" systems with ss3svc32.exe forcing admin account (UAC elevation)…
And what's your PC?

[xyzbird]

hexaae - Yes 8751 created both Sonic Studio 3 & Radar 3. I uninstalled the Radar 3 app.

Still running OK with latest MS 1903 build 18362.438.

I have uploaded the data requested. My PC is Asus ROG STRIX Z370 GAMING (WiFi AC).

[hexaae]

Thank you.
No difference in the tasks for Task Scheduler...

I'll wait a bit hoping for an official update from ASUS, or I'll try the 8751 also on my ASUS ROG GL703GS laptop gaming (with Realtek ALC295 audio chipset, ID hardware HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0295&SUBSYS_10431011& REV_1000) ...

[tgreenwa]

Same UAC issue upon boot up or starting Sonic Studio III from the menu. No problem occurs if you start SS3 from the icon hidden on task bar. I have two motherboards with this problem now: ROG Maximus IX wifi & ROG Maximus X wifi. The problem absolutely started with the Windows update mentioned in this thread. Sure, I could disable or remove SS3 but would rather see MS fix the problem THEY caused to perfectly working software. The ASUS website doesn't even have up to date sound drivers or SS3 listed for these boards. Someone needs to step up and take ownership this is ridiculous.

[Poirot]

I am having the same problem with recurring pop-ups as the topic starter, but in my case it's Sonic Studio II instead of III. It happened after updating Windows. I suspect it's KB4524147 that caused it. The following three files are asking for permission to make changes to my hard drive - every time I boot:


A-Volute_3D_Sound_Experts

SS2svc32.exe

SS2svc64.exe (the request for this one somehow appears twice)


Also, whenever I open Sonic Studio II it opens the SS II Wizard -in addition to the four pop-ups mentioned earlier now re-appearing.
My motherboard is the ROG Z170 Maxiumus VIII Gene. Sonic Studio version: 2.2.36 (Asus Sonic Studio Plugins: 2.2.3601). Realtek HD Audio version: 6.0.1.8158 (which is the most recent version for this motherboard on Asus' website, but it's over two years old). Windows 10 1903, build 18362.388

I have noticed that the instructions that were referred to earlier in this thread do not include solutions for Sonic Studio II (Edit 1: there's been an update to this page and SSII is now actually included): https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...HD-Audio-(HDA) Edit 2: Actually, I was mistaken because there are two separate threads for Realtek drivers on this forum. One is for HDA drivers and another one for Universal Audio Drivers (UAD): https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...HD-Audio-(UAD) It's the latter one that does not include instructions for SonicStudio II.

What advice can you give me? Can or should I allow said files to make changes to the hard drive? I should mention at this point that Sonic Studio itself is working fine and I have no audio problems at all. I'd rather not go through the hassle of uninstalling current drivers and using CCleaner to clean everything up in the registry.

[hexaae]

TEMPORARY WORKAROUND (waiting for a new Win Update or a refresh of Realtek drivers from ASUS solving the issue...)

1) Use AutoRuns and under Logon DISABLE all the Sonic and A-volute autoruns causing UAC requester
2) Take note of the execution string for each one (e.g. "C:\Program Files\ASUSTeKcomputer.Inc\Sonic Suite 3\Foundation\SS3svc32.exe" /start SonicStudioSystray /silent)
2) Open Task Scheduler and create new Tasks for each autorun you disabled… e.g. mine:



3) set it to start for any user at login, and set as Actions (run executable) exactly the one that was under autoruns adding the same parameters (in my case above, the parameters were: /start SonicStudioSystray /silent)

... at least won't bother you anymore on boot with annoying UAC privilege escalation request. Running the SStudio 3 etc. from Start Menu will still require a UAC pop-up though. Notice that starting them from ASUS Gaming Center panel (or whatever your ASUS PC uses) won't cause UAC pop-up:

[DocForce]

I found that the easiest (probably the best also) way of getting ridd of the pop-up is to manually set the Configure for: in Task Scheduler from the default Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 to Windows 10 for the SS3Svc32.exe, NahimicAPISvc64.exe and NahimicAPISvc32.exe. Then reboot and all pop-ups are gone.

Since it looks like Windows 10 now does not like the "Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008" default in Task Scheduler I changed all those on my machine to Windows 10. Works like a charm.

[hexaae]

@DocForce
Doesn't work here on ASUS GL703GS with Gaming Center + SStudio 3 + SRadar 3: whenever I run SS3svc32.exe (e.g. from the icon in Start menu, to run SS3...) it auto-resets the two Task Scheduler tasks (namely SS3svc32Run, and SS3svc64Run) to default, hence also re-enables compatibility for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008.

[tgreenwa]

Tried changing the "Configure for" parameter for SS3svc32Run to Windows 10 and rebooted. Parameter reverted back to the previous value and pop up still occured. I was hoping this would be an easy fix oh well.

[Rockemail]

Strix Raid DLX Sound Card' s Sonic Studio has the same issue.

Where' s the Asus Support?