Adminstrator rights question

hi,

i upgraded to vista premium home edition a few weeks ago. i am the only
person who uses the computer, and when i click Control Panel > Users it says
"administrator" next to my name.

However, one quite a few occasions when changing settings in Vista, or
sometimes changing settings in programs like SpyBot S&D, i get an error
message that says I need Admin rights, and so i should log back on as
Adminstrator.

In the case of SpyBot, I just ignored it and I was allowed to change the
settings. I can't remember what happened when I tried to change some Vista
settings, but is there anything I can do to stop these incorrect messages
from occurring?

so thats my 1st question.

the 2nd is, whats the purpose of "system.old" folder? I imagine it would be
handy if I want to roll back to previous OS, but is there any other purpose?

thankyou

Hi,

Certain actions, notably those that directly write to or modify files in
protected system folders, require intentional elevation on the part of the
user regardless of whether or not they are an administrator. For this,
simply right click the program icon and choose 'run as administrator', then
agree to the UAC prompt.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"puthp" <> wrote in message
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> hi,
>
> i upgraded to vista premium home edition a few weeks ago. i am the only
> person who uses the computer, and when i click Control Panel > Users it
> says
> "administrator" next to my name.
>
> However, one quite a few occasions when changing settings in Vista, or
> sometimes changing settings in programs like SpyBot S&D, i get an error
> message that says I need Admin rights, and so i should log back on as
> Adminstrator.
>
> In the case of SpyBot, I just ignored it and I was allowed to change the
> settings. I can't remember what happened when I tried to change some Vista
> settings, but is there anything I can do to stop these incorrect messages
> from occurring?
>
> so thats my 1st question.
>
> the 2nd is, whats the purpose of "system.old" folder? I imagine it would
> be
> handy if I want to roll back to previous OS, but is there any other
> purpose?
>
> thankyou

puthp;819829 Wrote:
> hi,
>
> i upgraded to vista premium home edition a few weeks ago. i am the only
> person who uses the computer, and when i click Control Panel > Users it
> says
> "administrator" next to my name.
>
> However, one quite a few occasions when changing settings in Vista, or
> sometimes changing settings in programs like SpyBot S&D, i get an error
> message that says I need Admin rights, and so i should log back on as
> Adminstrator.
>
> In the case of SpyBot, I just ignored it and I was allowed to change
> the
> settings. I can't remember what happened when I tried to change some
> Vista
> settings, but is there anything I can do to stop these incorrect
> messages
> from occurring?
>
> so thats my 1st question.
>
> the 2nd is, whats the purpose of "system.old" folder? I imagine it
> would be
> handy if I want to roll back to previous OS, but is there any other
> purpose?
>
> thankyou

Hello,

Even a user account designated as administrator, is not the true
administrator account. There will still be prompts for programs to run,
etc. This is by design, the UAC (user account control). It keeps your
computer safe from malicious code.

If you really want to use the built in (but hidden) administrator
account, this tutorial will show you how. It also has links to related
topics on the UAC and administrator accounts:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html

I hope this is helpful.


--
Joe

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