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by Const-me 2505 days ago
> and maybe it already has been.

Not completely, but I think it's mostly OK. I only see UAC prompts rarely, usually in one of these 3 cases.

1. Some software that I've written has good reasons to require elevation, I sometimes work on low level system software which uses weird WinAPI calls.

2. When installing software. The default location of installed programs, C:\Program Files, is read only unless running elevated. Probably done for extra security.

3. When using very old software, or bad quality ports from other OSes. UAC was introduced in Vista, some software which was written for WinXP or older versions requires elevation for no good reason.