Sunday, September 20, 2015

windows 10 - Difference between separate admin/standard user and admin with UAC/password prompt?

I just installed Windows 10 on a new PC and was wondering what is more secure.
Assuming UAC is enabled on the highest setting and I'm the only one using the PC.



  • a separate admin and standard account who gets prompted for the admin password if he wants to perform actions that require elevation

  • an admin account with local security policy changed to prompt for a password instead of just confirming


So in both cases I'm asked on a secure desktop to provide the admin password if elevated rights are needed. Is there no difference in terms of security?

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