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Administrator account vs elevated privileges: what's the difference?

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Mar 15, 202610259 views
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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. )

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run as administrator

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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 i…

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