Thanks all. So I'm now quite convinced that the manual needs to add more information especially for new users.

(Btw, I use daws online and am too scared to turn off UAC :-) )

daveny5
All you have to do is right click the Sonar shortcut, select Properties, click on Compatibility tab and select Run this program as an administrator in the Privilege Level section and then you never have to think about it again. 

This is what I do now. Didn't have time to check out the Ctrl-clicking tip last night but perhaps I have time tonight. This is weird, I've installed and set up my system the same way I've always done - even with Windows 8 - and I have never had this problem. My guess is that Windows doesn't alow Sonar to write something to a certain folder somewhere which causes this.
 
This is no show stopper, Sonar seems to work just fine. It's just a little irritating

ProjectM, since you've always been running Sonar as administrator (am I right?), I don't think Ctrl-clicking will help you solve the problem (but do try, you never know). If you're saying the message always appears now by just double-clicking the icon then it's really strange and I'd contact tech support.

I think it matters which OS you are using. Vista and Win 7 use the run as administrator where Win 8 doesn't need to as much. However, I could be very wrong. 

OK, just tried running Sonar as administrator, not as administrator (I use an administrator user profile in Windows 8 of course), select and deselect run as administrator in the properties settings for Sonar, Ctrl-clicking the Sonar icon, not Ctrl-clicking the Sonar icon, turned on UAC, turned it off again, checked my own user account settings, eeh... can't remember if I tried something else too...
 
Anyway, "Blah Blah Personalization blah blah..." message still pops up when launching Sonar But Sonar still seems to be fine. I guess an e-mail to tech support won't hurt. Thanks for all the great suggestions guys!

Wo-ho! Uping the post count by double posting!

UAC off, no worries.
 
Regards,

UAC can be the Devil sometimes 

I always run my important programs as an Administrator.  The Administrator Tools menu is not hidden.  It is part of the menu tree.  Change it to show up on the menu or Start Page for Win 8.

Alright, just to update you on what's happening in my DAW.
 
Those of you who suggested that there might have been something wrong with the registry were actually right. I forgot to mention it, but I changed the drive letters for my hard drives after I installed Sonar so I wouldn't have any problems when opening projects containing files from here and there. So it's a proper noob mistake, Sonar got a little confused, I got very confused and I am sorry for having passed that confusion along to you guys as well
 
Anyways, tech support have been very quick and helpful and I have fixed the issue by removing every thread of Sonar X2, registry and all, and reinstalled it with my hard drives having the correct drive letters.
 
So cheers to tech support and thanks to everyone for your suggestions and help
 
I suppose you can have your thread back now Jlien X