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How to create an LPM Policy for (SynTPEnh.exe) Synaptics Pointing Device Driver

Problem: The application Synaptics Pointing Device Driver (SynTPEnh.exe) is reported by the Global Settings (Audit) policy in the Netwrix Endpoint Policy Manager (formerly PolicyPak) Event log as needing elevation.

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SynTPEnh.exe does not actually need to be elevated, but since it is considered a driver it is assumed to require elevation.

To work around this issue you should use Allow and log instead of Run with elevated privileges when creating a Least Privilege Manager rule for this application to pass safely through SecureRun.

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NOTE: This policy (SYNAPTICS-Allow-AND-log.xml ) is provided in the https://portal.endpointpolicymanager.com/downloads/guidance download, and can be found in the extracted contents under the PolicyPak Least Privilege Manager XMLs folder.

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