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AI-generatedHow do cached credentials affect UAC elevation in Windows 8?
Windows 8 utilizes User Account Control (UAC) to enforce a least-privilege model, providing administrative users with standard tokens by default. However, the Windows Credential Manager stores NTLM hashes to facilitate offline authentication when the domain controller is unreachable. When a user's password is changed or expires on the network, the local syst
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