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Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068
User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.
User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.
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User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures non-UAC compliant applications to run in virtualized file and registry entries in per-user locations, allowing them to run.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>