From 5e27c5ce8ac7e2061cc664cac4ed045a62ff28d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Asha Iyengar Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:20:43 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Minor changes --- .../user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/windows/security/identity-protection/user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works.md b/windows/security/identity-protection/user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works.md index abdfb49e90..a5676db15b 100644 --- a/windows/security/identity-protection/user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works.md +++ b/windows/security/identity-protection/user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works.md @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ User Account Control (UAC) is a fundamental component of Microsoft's overall sec ## UAC process and interactions -Each app that requires the administrator access token must prompt for consent. The one exception is the relationship that exists between parent and child processes. Child processes inherit the user's access token from the parent process. Both the parent and child processes, however, must have the same integrity level. Windows 10 and Windows 11 protect processes by marking their integrity levels. Integrity levels are measurements of trust. A "high" integrity application is one that performs tasks that modify system data, such as a disk partitioning application, while a "low" integrity application is one that performs tasks that could potentially compromise the operating system, such as a Web browser. Apps with lower integrity levels cannot modify data in applications with higher integrity levels. When a standard user attempts to run an app that requires an administrator access token, UAC requires that the user provide valid administrator credentials. +Each app that requires the administrator access token must prompt for consent. The one exception is the relationship that exists between parent and child processes. Child processes inherit the user's access token from the parent process. Both the parent and child processes, however, must have the same integrity level. Windows protects processes by marking their integrity levels. Integrity levels are measurements of trust. A "high" integrity application is one that performs tasks that modify system data, such as a disk partitioning application, while a "low" integrity application is one that performs tasks that could potentially compromise the operating system, such as a Web browser. Apps with lower integrity levels cannot modify data in applications with higher integrity levels. When a standard user attempts to run an app that requires an administrator access token, UAC requires that the user provide valid administrator credentials. -In order to better understand how this process happens, let's look at the Windows logon process. +To better understand how this process happens, let's look at the Windows logon process. ### Logon process