Understanding UAC (User Account Control)
UAC is a security feature of Windows 7 that informs you when the action that you want to take to undertake requires an elevation of privileges. It is a common practice, actually a bad practice to log in with a user account that has administrator privileges. For instance, a user account that is a member of the local administrators group is used as a normal user account in the day to day operations such as, Internet browsing! Administrative user accounts are intended for tasks related to administration and running your computer in this mode for ever presents a security risk because any program run by the user in this mode runs with the rights and privileges of an administrator.
Categories: Security Tags: administrator privileges, elevation, normal user, privilege, standard user, UAC, UAC prompt
