Re:AMD's Ryzen CPUs might be slower in PC games due to a wei...
by nerfnet on Monday August 19, 2024 @07:09AM
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> UAC is not a security boundary
You might be mistaken because what you are quoting specifically talks about Same-desktop Elevation. While on Windows, UAC uses Secure Desktop by default, which is by definition a security boundary.
> You only have a security boundary in place if Windows asks you for a password when trying to run as Administrator.
Per the last sentence of the information that you quoted:
> By contrast, using Fast User Switching to sign in to a different session by using an administrator account involves a security boundary between the administrator account and the standard user session.
Fast User Switching requires the user to enter the administrator credentials in the UAC prompt.
You might be mistaken because what you are quoting specifically talks about Same-desktop Elevation. While on Windows, UAC uses Secure Desktop by default, which is by definition a security boundary.
> You only have a security boundary in place if Windows asks you for a password when trying to run as Administrator.
Per the last sentence of the information that you quoted:
> By contrast, using Fast User Switching to sign in to a different session by using an administrator account involves a security boundary between the administrator account and the standard user session.
Fast User Switching requires the user to enter the administrator credentials in the UAC prompt.