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What's the difference between an Administrator account and elevated privileges? What types of things Admin account grants and where do you need elevated privileges? (i.e. run as administrator)
Juha
Posted 2010-11-25T22:41:28.703
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An Administrator account has the ability to "run as administrator", but no special privileges beyond that (assuming UAC is turned on). If you're running a non-administrator account, then you must provide the credentials to an Administrator account if you want to "run as administrator".
Resorath
Posted 2010-11-25T22:41:28.703
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Strange that this question has an accepted answer without mentioning elevated rights, as asked ... – Mawg says reinstate Monica – 2017-11-29T14:36:50.537
So basically standard user account is no more safe than administrator account? (with UAC turned on) – Juha – 2010-11-25T23:34:57.187
Well the standard account needs a password to make changes, external programs shouldn't be able to get a elevation token by themselves regardless, it is more about "who do you trust to make changes to your computer". – Resorath – 2010-11-25T23:45:13.757