Why does Vista report that my Windows account not being in Administrators Role?

Question

Under Windows Vista, when I check whether my current user account is in Administrators role, I am getting a negative, as shown in the following picture.

Can anyone tell me why I am not in the Administrators role? When I do the check if I am in "Debugger Users" role, I am getting "True"

Answer 1

In Windows Vista, your account doesn't have the Administrator role unless you've elevated to that level through User Account Control.

My understanding is that you effectively have two user accounts -- one normal level, one administrator level -- with UAC mediating the switch between the two.