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Administrator Protection is a feature in Windows 11 that protects free-floating admin rights for Administrator users. This feature is currently available in the Windows Insider builds but will be available to all shortly. This article shows how to enab… Continue reading How to Enable Administrator Protection in Windows 11
I manage a set of PCs via Microsoft InTune, and a pre-installed software (Firefox) must be uninstalled from those PCs due to company policy.
I found a way to perform a silent uninstall (Firefox doesn’t show its uninstaller) with Firefox un… Continue reading PCs managed via InTune – Must bypass UAC prompt for silent uninstall [migrated]
If you want to stop the UAC from appearing when using the Repair option for programs in Windows 11/10, here is how you can do that. You can use the Registry Editor to disable or turn off UAC when using the Repair option for any installed program, app, … Continue reading Stop UAC when using Repair option for Programs in Windows
I am testing the security of a Windows Server 2019 machine and have a question about remote access to the machine.
The user on the machine has the permission "SeBackupPrivilege". I can therefore dump the "Administrator"… Continue reading Pass-the-hash, why do I get a shell with high integrity?
To help improve the user experience on admin workstations, would it be ok to disable the UAC or maybe set it with a more permissive mode?
Continue reading Disabling UAC (Windows 10) for Administrator accounts
I’ve tried to harden my Windows 10 by using an unprivileged account, which I know reduces the attack surface a lot. I’m running Ableton (a music program) which is running after UAC has given admin privileges, and Ableton calls plugins, whi… Continue reading Is it worth it to force UAC to ask for a password?
Windows is an API-based operating system, whereas Linux is file-based. Hence in my opinion, any operating system API security measures alone aren’t effective in Windows. One of such examples would be UAC in my humble opinion.
On the other … Continue reading Is UAC an overestimated protection measure in Windows? Does Linux do it better?
I want to run mimikatz.exe on different windows computers (same windows version and edition).
Sometimes windows prompts with an UAC box confirmation and sometimes not.
Is there a configuration somewhere for enabling UAC (at user level ?, c… Continue reading Why UAC prompt is not showed [closed]
I want to run mimikatz.exe on different windows computers (same windows version and edition).
Sometimes windows prompts with an UAC box confirmation and sometimes not.
Is there a configuration somewhere for enabling UAC (at user level ?, c… Continue reading Why UAC prompt is not showed [closed]
Windows only show [Yes] or [No] for the same thing as Linux’s sudo. macOS/Linux both require you to type the password. Is the password-less Windows implementation almost as secure as password-requiring macOS/Linux’s impersonations? If so, … Continue reading Is Windows UAC’s clicking OK authentication as secure as macOS/Linux’s password authentication?