How to See if Process is running as administrator (elevated) in Vista and Windows 7

   Information

This tutorial will show you how to determine if a program or process is running as administrator (elevated) or not in Vista and Windows 7.

Here's How:

1. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).

2. Click on the Processes tab, and click on the Show processes from all users button. (see screenshot below)

3. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes (Windows 7) or Continue (Vista).

4. Click on View (menu bar) and Select Columns. (see screenshot below)

5. Check the User Account Control (UAC) Virtualization box, and click on OK to add that column to Task Manager. (see screenshot below)

6. You can now look in the UAC Virtualization column to see if a process in the Image Name column is running elevated or not. (see screenshot below)

   Note

If you like, you can also click/tap and hold on the UAC Virtualization column name header to be able to drag and drop the column where you like between the other columns.

Not Allowed = running as administrator (elevated)

Enabled = subject to UAC virtualization

Disabled = not subject to UAC virtualization

That's it,
Shawn

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