It was once normal for Windows users to be local administrators on their machines, mainly because the Microsoft Windows developer ecosystem needed administrator rights to run software. The introduction of User Account Control (UAC) with Windows 7 was controversial. It was a long-term program to eliminate the need for developers to have administrator rights when running software. We’ve since come a long way to where people realize that we can no longer run our machines with administrator rights.
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