On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:48:25 GMT, thewiz wrote:
> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in
> news::
>
>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:44:49 GMT, thewiz wrote:
>>
>>> I am running Windows Vista home premium and cannot find secpol.msc
>>> I am trying to get a program, ODIN, to run on my system.
>>> ODIN tells me "Windows Vista users should enable UAC to allow for the
>>> correct creation of the ActiveX components needed by the application,
>>> but not run the application as 'Administrator'."
>>>
>>> Windows help says to run secpol.msc but my system says it cannot find
>>> this program.
>>>
>>> Thank you for any help.
>>> John
>>
>> It's available in the control panel somewhere in Vista, but I forgot
>> where.
>> That's OK - I have an old book that says "Control Panel" | "User
>> Accounts and Family Safety" | "User Accounts" | "Turn User Account
>> Control On or Off"
>>
>> Running as "Administrator" is not the same as running an account with
>> administrator privileges. You have to explicitly log on as
>> Administrator to be *the* Administrator, and it's normally hidden (but
>> easy to unhide).
>>
>> Home Premium lacks secpol. I haven't tried to find out whether you can
>> download & install it. I have Home Premium too, but Windows 7. Still
>> no secpol :-(.
>>
>> Thank you, I did find that and it worked just fine.
> John
Try not to answer inside of the citation marks ">". Your post was lost at
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