> Its only there to prevent the user from accidentally making changes to the system that they didn't intend, but it provides no security except from your own mi

> Its only there to prevent the user from accidentally making changes to the system that they didn't intend, but it provides no security except from your own mistakes If you somehow bypass UAC and gain the Administrators-level access then you already run with Administrator level privileges in the first place, just with a medium mandatory level. A rope on the edge of a cliff isn't there to prevent you from falling, it's there to notify you what you should be careful. Rope works. UAC works.