A technician needs to ensure users are prompted or warned when an installation takes place on a Windows system. Which of the following would meet this requirement?

Question

Options

• AEducate the user to run the installation with runas
• BAdd the user to the local administrators group
• CEnable UAC on the workstation
• DLog in as the administrator to install the application

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  89% (34)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

User Account Control (UAC) is a Windows security feature that triggers a prompt whenever a program attempts to make changes to the system, including software installations. When enabled, users see a dialog asking them to confirm or provide admin credentials before the installation proceeds - directly fulfilling the requirement to 'prompt or warn' users. Educating users to run installations with 'runas' (A) relies on user behavior and doesn't enforce prompting. Adding the user to the local administrators group (B) actually bypasses security checks rather than adding prompts. Logging in as administrator (D) eliminates the prompt entirely by running in a fully elevated context. UAC is the correct, built-in Windows mechanism designed specifically for this purpose.

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