Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting User Account Control

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8. Switch user to Don_Hall. Attempt to change system time and to run an application file.

UAC now prompts you to Continue or Cancel.

9. Switch user to parent_admin.

10. Restore the User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode For The Built-In Administra-

tor Account to its default setting (Disabled).

11. In the Local Security Policy console, double-click User Account Control: Behavior Of

The Elevation Prompt For Administrators In Admin Approval Mode.

12. From the drop-down list, select Elevate Without Prompting, as shown in Figure 5-15.

Click OK.

Figure 5-15

Specifying that an administrator account runs with elevated privileges without a

prompt

13. Attempt to run an application file. You are now able to do this without receiving a UAC

prompt and clicking Continue. The parent_admin account is automatically granted ele-

vated credentials without a UAC warning.

14. Switch user to a standard user—for example, parent_standard.

15. Attempt to run an application file. In this instance there is no change to the user experi-

ence. A standard user needs to specify an administrator account and supply the pass-

word for that account.

16. Switch user to parent_admin.

17. In the Local Security Policy tool, double-click User Account Control: Behavior Of The

Elevation Prompt For Administrators In Admin Approval Mode.

18. From the drop-down list, select Prompt For Credentials, as shown in Figure 5-16.

Click OK.