Microsoft quietly locks storage settings behind admin rights in Windows 11

Microsoft has quietly tightened Windows 11’s security model, and the latest change is already raising eyebrows.
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KB5074105: Windows 11 asks for admin access to open Storage settings, but breaks Temporary files cleanup for some files/folders

Windows 11 KB5074105 adds a UAC prompt for Storage settings, but Settings can’t clean Windows Update files anymore.
ExtremeTech

Windows 11 to Get a New Way to Enable Administrator Protection

Microsoft has released Windows 11 build 27774 for Insiders in the Canary channel. One of the main updates in this build is a new method for enabling Administrator protection, which can improve ...
TWCN Tech News

Change Account Type is greyed out in Windows 11

You obviously cannot change to Administrator if you are already an admin. You can only change to a Standard account. You cannot change your account to Standard if you are the only admin on the PC. In ...
PC World

Windows 11 battens down security with new admin rights check feature

As mentioned in the recent Windows Insider blog post, the latest preview version of Windows 11 for Insiders on the Dev Channel includes a new feature called “Administrator Protection,” which “aims to ...
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How to Use Windows 11 Power Shell as Administrator

Discover step-by-step how to use Windows 11 PowerShell as administrator. Learn to launch, run commands, and troubleshoot with ...