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> In windows you just click twice.

Uh, oh, that means you're working on an admin account. If you are using a normal user account, you will be prompted to enter your admin credentials instead.

(You can also force this behaviour on administrator accounts. Search for the registry setting "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin")

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On Windows installs the default user created in a home/pro install is an admin and it never prompts the user to go create a non-admin account for daily use. This actually makes perfect sense in itself (beyond the behavior defaults you mention being backwards).

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