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Figure 13-47 Darkened UAC

EXAM TIP The default behavior for UAC in Windows is the secondfrom-top

option, which results in a screen similar to Figure 13-47.

A program such as the Adobe program described earlier is very different

from a feature you want to change. Notice the shields, as shown in earlier

figures.

Each of these options isn’t a program—each is merely a feature built into

Windows. Those shields tell you that clicking the feature next to a shield will

require administrator privileges. If you were to pick the Vista-strength UAC

option, you’d get a UAC consent prompt when you click one of those

features. If you set UAC to any of the three lower settings, however, you’d go

straight to that feature without any form of UAC consent prompt. Of course,

this isn’t true if you don’t have administrator privileges. If you’re a standard

user, you’ll still be prompted for a password, just as in Vista.

Overall, the improvements to UAC in Windows 7 and later show that it

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