Chapter 10. Software and User Account Control Administration

Compared to earlier releases of Windows, the processes of installing, configuring, running, and maintaining software work differently in Windows Server 2008. Primarily, this is because of an enhanced security architecture that changes the way accounts are used and the way applications are installed and run.

Windows Server 2008 has two general types of user accounts, standard user accounts and administrator user accounts. Standard users can perform any general computing tasks, such as starting programs, opening documents, and creating folders, and any support tasks that do not ...

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