Can a program write to the root directory of a disk when UAC is turned on without having admin privileges?

Question

If I am not an Administrator and start a program which writes to C:\\ some textfile - will I need admin rights...in Windows 7 or Vista? I see in XP there are no problems to writ

Answer 1

Yes. You won't be able to write to C:\Program Files\ or C:\Windows\, but just the root drive C:\ is fine.