What is the purpose of a system account?

The SYSTEM account is the highest privilege level in the Windows user model. It exists to provide ownership to objects that are created before a normal user logs on, such as the Local Security Authority Subsystem (LSASS) and the Session Management Subsystem (SMSS). The account is not recognised by security subsystem what does it mean?

What is the difference between a system account and a service account?

System accounts often have pre-defined user IDs (e.g. the root account in Linux.) The distinction between system accounts and service accounts is sometimes blurred. Many system accounts run operating system processes, and in this respect, resemble service accounts. Some system accounts, such as root, are also logged into by system administrators.

How do you open a PowerShell window as the system account?

Another technique for running PowerShell scripts as the System account (or another account) is to use the Windows Task Scheduler to launch PowerShell as the System account and then pass it the script of your choice. Let’s make a script that we want to run as the System account called System.ps1 and place it in C:\Scripts\