A technician is troubleshooting a Windows PC where some system commands fail with 'Access is denied' even when run from an Administrator account. Which is the MOST likely reason?

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C. The command prompt was not launched with 'Run as administrator'. Even when logged in with an Administrator account, Windows runs processes with standard user tokens by default due to User Account Control (UAC). To run elevated commands, the Command Prompt must be launched via 'Run as administrator' to receive an elevated token. Without elevation, commands requiring administrative privileges return 'Access is denied.'

A technician is troubleshooting a Windows PC where some system commands fail with 'Access is denied' even when run from an Administrator account. Which is the MOST likely reason?

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