The xml config file in the bin/release or bin/debug folders store the application scoped settings. To my knowledge these settings are read only at runtime, unless you have admin rights and write to the xml file directly.

If I create my project on a pc called jeffpc then if you go into the security tab of the file properties of the config file you will see something like Administrators (jeffpc\administrators).

My question is when I install it on a client machine , say clientpc, will administrators on that machine automatically have rights or will I have to explicity grant permission because now they are in the group clientpc\administrators instead of jeffpc\administrators?