I am creating an app that requires admin rights for several functions (ex: create restore point, stop/restart services, move files) and will be minimized to the system tray to run continuously. It will be configured to launch automatically upon reboot and continue to reside in the system tray (as, for example, an antivirus app would). If the app requests, and is granted, admin rights upon first launch (before being minimized to the tray), will it prompt again for admin rights at every system restart (bad), OR will it just start with admin rights and minimize to the tray without user intervention (good)?

If it will prompt again for admin rights at every system restart, that is not good. Is there a method around this? How do A/V apps and other drivers bypass this requirement? A COA? What might that cost? Anyone have 1st hand experience with Certificates? Is it cost prohibitive to a one-man development shop?