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Windows presents a UAC prompt when you configure:

The correct answer is C. Automatic updates. Windows presents a User Account Control (UAC) prompt when you attempt to configure system-wide settings that impact security or system integrity, such as automatic updates.

Understanding Operating System Configurations

Question

Windows presents a UAC prompt when you configure:

Options

  • ABattery power options
  • BThe desktop background
  • CAutomatic updates
  • DAccessibility options

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    92% (33)

Why each option

Windows presents a User Account Control (UAC) prompt when you attempt to configure system-wide settings that impact security or system integrity, such as automatic updates.

ABattery power options

Battery power options are generally user-specific or non-critical system settings that do not require administrative privileges for modification and thus do not trigger a UAC prompt.

BThe desktop background

Changing the desktop background is a user-specific cosmetic setting that does not affect system security or functionality and does not require administrative rights or a UAC prompt.

CAutomatic updatesCorrect

Configuring automatic updates typically involves modifying system-wide settings that affect how the operating system downloads and installs security patches and feature updates. These changes impact the overall security and stability of the system, thus triggering a User Account Control (UAC) prompt for administrative approval.

DAccessibility options

Accessibility options, such as Sticky Keys or Magnifier, are primarily user-specific settings designed to aid users with disabilities and do not typically require administrative privileges to configure or trigger a UAC prompt.

Concept tested: User Account Control (UAC) triggers

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/user-account-control

Topics

#UAC#User Account Control#Security prompts#Automatic updates

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