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The User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users setting is configured as Prompt for credentials and is administered centrally using Group Policy.

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UAC is disabled and users are local administrators.

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Guidance about testing for Windows Vista compliant applications is available

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Repackaging Applications

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Windows Installer 4.0 was designed to be fully UAC aware and compliant.

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LEXnet AdminStudio 7 SMS Edition

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A script could also be created to traverse the share and mark all of the applications with the RunAsAdmin application compatibility database levels.

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To prevent users from installing applications that use a Windows Installer from external, removable media, you can perform the following procedure to set the Prevent removable media source for any install value in the Windows Installer Administrative Template file:

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There are eight Group Policy object (GPO) settings that can be configured for UAC. The following table lists the settings and their default values:

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is called marking an application with a requested execution level

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The Application Compatibility Toolkit 4.1 provides the means to build and install the application compatibility database entries, which facilitate the requested execution level marking mechanism.

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Application Compatibility Toolkit

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Compatibility Administrator:

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A script could also be created to traverse the share and mark all of the applications with the RunAsAdmin

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The application database markings are associated with a Group Policy object (GPO) that is then deployed throughout the enterprise with Group Policy. After deploying this policy, every user in the enterprise will be guaranteed that the applications are consistently marked to run with the requested execution level that was explicitly specified.

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Establish a Local Area Network connection

Install and uninstall applications

Establish and configure a wireless connection

Install a driver for a device (E.G. a digital camera driver)

Modify Display Settings

Install Windows updates

Users cannot defragment the hard drive, but a service does this on their behalf

Configure Parental Controls

Play CD/DVD media (configurable with Group Policy)

Install an ActiveX control

Burn CD/DVD media (configurable with Group Policy)

Open the Windows Firewall Control Panel

Change the desktop background for the current user

Change a user's account type

Open the Date and Time Control Panel and change the time zone

Modify UAC settings in the Security Policy Editor snap-in (secpol.msc)

Use Remote Desktop to connect to another computer

Configure Remote Desktop access

Change user's own account password

Add or remove a user account

Configure battery power options

Copy or move files into the Program Files or Windows directory

Configure Accessibility options

Schedule Automated Tasks

Restore user's backed-up files

Restore system backed-up files

Set-up computer synchronization with a mobile device (smart phone, laptop, or PDA)

Configure Automatic Updates

Connect and configure a Bluetooth device

Browse to another user's directory

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Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista

Enterprises today face a daunting task of enforcing desktop standardization. This challenge is intensified since the majority of users run as local administrators on their computers. As a local administrator, a user can install and uninstall applications and adjust system and security settings at will. As a result, IT departments often cannot gauge the holistic health and security of their environments. In addition, every application that these users launch can potentially use their accounts’ administrative-level access to write to system files and the registry and to modify system-wide data. Common tasks like browsing the Web and checking e-mail can become unsafe in this scenario. In addition, all of these elements increase an organization’s total cost of ownership (TCO).

IT departments must be given a solution that is both resilient to attack and protective of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. For this reason, the Microsoft® Windows VistaTM development team chose to redesign the way that the Windows core security infrastructure and applications interact. User Account Control (UAC) was the outcome of this redesign process.

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