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There are many references to this key, but most only show possible settings of 0 or 1. That is because those articles pertain to Windows Vista; In Windows 7, support for a setting of 3 was not only added, it was made the default setting.

Microsoft Technet published an article about UAC Group Policy and Group Policy Settings that applies to Windows 7 and Server 2008. From the site:

The User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users policy setting controls the behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users.

The options are:

Automatically deny elevation requests. When an operation requires elevation of privilege, a configurable access denied error message is displayed. An enterprise that is running desktops as standard user may choose this setting to reduce help desk calls.

Prompt for credentials on the secure desktop. (Default) When an operation requires elevation of privilege, the user is prompted on the secure desktop to enter a different user name and password. If the user enters valid credentials, the operation continues with the applicable privilege.

Prompt for credentials. When an operation requires elevation of privilege, the user is prompted to enter an administrative user name and password. If the user enters valid credentials, the operation continues with the applicable privilege.

The three options listed above correspond to registry key values of 0, 3 and 1, respectively.

In summary, it is a new feature to Windows 7: When an application needs admin rights to do something, normal users by default will get a UAC prompt with a darkened background (i.e. the secure desktop). You can change this to prompt without the secure desktop (value of 1), but you will be more prone to keyloggers and other data miners discovering your password.

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