Configuring User Account Control
Most users sign in to their computers with a user account that has more privileges to run their applications and access their data files than required. Using an administrative user account for day-to-day user tasks poses significant security risks.
Windows 10 provides UAC to simplify and help secure the process of elevating your account rights. However, unless you know how UAC works and how it can affect your users, you might have problems when you attempt to carry out typical end user support tasks. This section introduces how UAC works and how you can configure UAC notifications.
Understanding User Account Control
The User Account Control security feature provides a way for users to raise their privilege status from a regular user account to an Administrator account, without allowing them to sign into or switch user profiles. UAC is a collection of features, not just a prompt. Such features, which include File and Registry Redirect, Installer...