change UAC prompt behavoir for administers

UAC is the option where a program will ask permission before doing a task that is potentially dangerous. You may want to change how administers are prompted.

  • navigate the security policy editor (secpol.msc)
    • local policies
    • security options
    • user account controls: behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators
      • choose "elevate without prompting" when you don't want administers to be prompted.
      • choose "prompt for credentials" when you want the administers to retype their passwords
      • choose "prompt for consent" when you want administers to be stopped and confirm that this is a valid request (this is the default)

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