Are there any security benefits to running as a Standard User in Windows 7 with UAC turned all the way up?
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Mar 15, 20261102 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I currently have my Windows 7 machines set up so that my main user account, the one I use on a daily basis, is a Standard User. I have a separate account that is set as the Administrator. The UAC is set to its most restrictive setting (Always Notify). This way, whenever an application needs adminis…
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(Reference: In 2009, Microsoft engineers specified that UAC is "not a security boundary.") And they are perfectly right. Your concern should be your user role on the system. If you setup yourself as a regular user, but are always seeing UAC prompts …
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