User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator Account

Configuring Vista User Account Control Settings

This security setting determines the behavior of Admin Approval mode for the Built-in Administrator account. With UAC the Administrator account still runs by default with limited privileges and requires a privelege elevation consent to accomplish many administrative tasks.

The options are:

• Enabled: The Built-in Administrator will logon in Admin Approval Mode. By default any operation that requires elevation of privilege will prompt for consent and allow the admin to choose either Permit or Deny.
• Disabled: The Built-in Administrator will logon in XP-compatible mode and run all applications by default with full administrative privilege without requiring consent.

Default: Disabled