I have Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit), with UAC enabled. Is is possible to make UAC prompt me to reenter my password whenever a program or task needs administrator-level access, just as another layer of security? We all know eventually some sort of security hole will allow a program to emulate clicking "Yes" on the prompt. If making it prompt for my password isn't possible, I'll just create another account without administrator privileges and and run on that by default (even though I really should be anyways).
Google wasn't really much of a help to me on this, I tried to find the answer myself.
Thank you for your time.
Edit: Also, does Vista have an Administrator account for safe mode like XP did? If so, is the password still blank by default?
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I have Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit), with UAC enabled. Is is possible to make UAC prompt me to reenter my password whenever a program or task needs administrator-level access, just as another layer of security? We all know eventually some sort of security hole will allow a program to emulate clicking "Yes" on the prompt. If making it prompt for my password isn't possible, I'll just create another account without administrator privileges and and run on that by default (even though I really should be anyways).
Actually, if you have a microphone set up near speakers, this "vulnerability" is already present. However, other than accessibility features, all keyboard and mouse automation is completely disabled during the UAC prompt.
As a side, as far as I know it is not possible to force Vista to ask for your password the way OSX and Linux do without creating a second account.
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