User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode

Information

User Account Control: Run all users, including administrators, as standard users.

This security setting determines the behavior of all UAC policies for the entire system.

The options are:

* Enabled: Admin Approval Mode and all other UAC policies are dependent on this option being enabled. Changing this setting requires a system reboot.

* Disabled: Admin Approval Mode user type and all related UAC policies will be disabled. Note: the Security Center will notify that the overall security of the operating system has been reduced.

Default: Enabled

Solution

Policy Path: Security Options
Policy Setting Name: User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode

See Also

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/security-baseline-final-for-windows-10-version-21h1/ba-p/2362353

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(1)

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 8d66d1c2a6793221775aa90bf99a6e62e7ead28c62648341d1b1f9c506ace271