Microsoft’s soon-to-be released Windows Vista user account protection lets “nonprivileged” users operate mundane tasks that once required admin privileges. Some Windows applications just won’t run properly on a desktop without administrative rights. Microsoft is pushing a model where your code runs better if it doesn’t demand administrative privileges, experts say. But experts say the least-privilege user setting doesn’t matter in the end, even if it only gets you a normal user account. “A reliable exploit in a ‘non-privileged’ network service is still a mass-casualty threat””]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/the-truth-about-user-privileges