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Re: MS Security Essentials I don't agree with disabling UAC is the same as running a root or as an administrator.
Just because UAC provides an extra step to do something doesn't mean it's not a root or an administrator account. This is because it will still allow the action to be done. A non-root or non-administrative account will have restrictions on it based on security settings set by the administrator and can only be changed by the administrator. UAC will provide a choice regardless of account. A non-root or non-administrative account won't give the choice at all.
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| Yes, I know that having UAC enabled doesn't mean that you're not running as root, it just means that if you don't respond to the UAC prompt or you say no, the action will not take place. If the action doesn't take place then you're fine.
But if you have UAC disabled whatever action just ran roughshod over your computer and you were none the wiser.
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