So this weekend I decided to install SharePoint 2010 on my desktop at home. My desktop is running Windows 7, and due to requirements of other software I need, I’m unable to run Windows Server 2008 on it.
Running a stand alone installation of SharePoint 2010 is great, however, I wanted to see if I could get a complete install on Windows 7 and user SQL Server 2008. Fortunately, I found this blog post by Neil Hodgkinson that explained how to do it. Everything appeared to be working great and the configuration wizard finished without any problems. Unfortunately, that appearance didn’t last too long.
My problem arose when I went into Central Administration and, despite being a farm administrator, the first thing I noticed was I couldn’t create new web applications. There were some other security issues as well, however, those are beside the point. The purpose of this post is how to go about fixing this issue if you encounter the same thing.
After mulling over the issues for a few minutes, I remember are beloved User Access Control (UAC) and other issues I’ve seen when it is enabled on Windows Server. So, I went into my UAC settings, disabled them complete, restarted my computer, logged into Central Administration and what do you know, it worked! I can now create new web applications and have full control over my SharePoint 2010 installation.
