
Little difference: Now it will most likely start in the foreground. Long ttory short: You can disable the Run as admin setting and Everything will work exactly the same as with this setting enabled. You do everything (no pun intended -) with your unrestricted token. If you disabled UAC, there is no restricted token. You are allowed to use the extra ('harmful') permissions that are on your other token, but only after UAC confirmation (the UAC prompt).Īfter this confirmation, UAC gives you the full power token, which you then use. That's the token you get and use when you log in. This token has the same permissions as your original one, minus the permissions that can ' seriously harm' the system. What UAC does, is creating a separate badge when you are an administrator. You use that badge whenever you want to access to something.

Ever since I installed the activeX the /console or -admin switch no longer works within the remote desktop manager. That being said here is what I am discovering. Unfortunately I can not disable this activeX as I still have to have access to their machine. If you log in, Windows gives you a security badge (it's called a token) with on that your permissions /group memberships etc. Recently I had to add a new activeX to my windows XP box for access to a clients machine.

If you disabled UAC, there is no longer a need to use the Run as admin setting!

If I understand correctly, your account is already an administrator (otherwise there would be no risk).
