Shimming Legacy Control Panel Applet Run Levels in Windows Vista

posted by  kevyn (54)  11 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

There is a lot of information that we have disseminated regarding UAC applying to applications, but not nearly as much regarding control panel applets. They are, indeed, quite similar. Just like a standard .exe, a .cpl file could have one of many possible execution levels. It may be perfectly fine to run as the user. For example, personalization options to change your desktop background don't require elevated rights because you aren't modifying machine state. However, modifying the configuration of the Windows Firewall does change machine-wide state and, consequently, does require elevated