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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 1022126" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>@[USER=80139]Guilhermesene[/USER],</p><p></p><p>Most users will understand that your "default account" is an account that is created by default when installing Windows - but this account is an Administrator account, not SUA.</p><p></p><p>Your post can be slightly shortened.</p><p></p><p>1. Can be installed/updated by using only SUA (without inserting Admin credentials):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">installations that do not use/require high privileges.</li> </ul><p></p><p>2. Cannot be installed by using only SUA (without inserting Admin credentials):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">everything else.</li> </ul><p>You noted in your post some examples, but there are many more and there are also some exceptions. For example, some applications can modify only the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive and still require an Administrator account to do it.</p><p>Some applications allow the user to choose if the installation must use only the current account or not. In the first case, the application will be accessible only from that particular account.</p><p>In the second case, the application will be accessible from any account (even if it does not exist yet). On the first run, some of these applications can create the needed folders and files in the %UserProfile% (usually in the user's AppData folder) and in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive. So, you can install the web browser for all users, but still, the browsing history will be limited to the concrete user.</p><p></p><p>Most applications can be installed/updated by executing the installer/updater from SUA. It is not in contradiction with point 2, because such installations use two accounts: SUA + Admin account. The windows and alerts are displayed during the installation/update on SUA, but some installation processes are running on the Administrator account with high privileges (after inserting the Administrator password).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 1022126, member: 32260"] @[USER=80139]Guilhermesene[/USER], Most users will understand that your "default account" is an account that is created by default when installing Windows - but this account is an Administrator account, not SUA. Your post can be slightly shortened. 1. Can be installed/updated by using only SUA (without inserting Admin credentials): [LIST] [*]installations that do not use/require high privileges. [/LIST] 2. Cannot be installed by using only SUA (without inserting Admin credentials): [LIST] [*]everything else. [/LIST] You noted in your post some examples, but there are many more and there are also some exceptions. For example, some applications can modify only the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive and still require an Administrator account to do it. Some applications allow the user to choose if the installation must use only the current account or not. In the first case, the application will be accessible only from that particular account. In the second case, the application will be accessible from any account (even if it does not exist yet). On the first run, some of these applications can create the needed folders and files in the %UserProfile% (usually in the user's AppData folder) and in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive. So, you can install the web browser for all users, but still, the browsing history will be limited to the concrete user. Most applications can be installed/updated by executing the installer/updater from SUA. It is not in contradiction with point 2, because such installations use two accounts: SUA + Admin account. The windows and alerts are displayed during the installation/update on SUA, but some installation processes are running on the Administrator account with high privileges (after inserting the Administrator password). [/QUOTE]
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