new to vista -- permissions hell.....

hi,

am new to Vista, just started today.... I don't understand why I
don't have permissions to do so many things when my account is
administrator type.. for most things I can hit alerts once or twice
and then can do what I want.. but now I'm trying to install Tomcat
(server for java web development) and I can't because I don't have
permissions to install files like .bat and .exe... so Tomcat doesn't
get installed properly and I get an error that it wasn't installed...
(I'm only person who uses my computer, and don't feel need for more
than one account... for now....

thank you...

Unfortunately, it is the way micro made the system.
Right-click on the .exe of the program, and select "Run as Administrator".

"maya" wrote:

> hi,
>
> am new to Vista, just started today.... I don't understand why I
> don't have permissions to do so many things when my account is
> administrator type.. for most things I can hit alerts once or twice
> and then can do what I want.. but now I'm trying to install Tomcat
> (server for java web development) and I can't because I don't have
> permissions to install files like .bat and .exe... so Tomcat doesn't
> get installed properly and I get an error that it wasn't installed...
> (I'm only person who uses my computer, and don't feel need for more
> than one account... for now....
>
> thank you...
>
>

--
Ian

"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
news:924F40FB-0361-4268-AC79-...
> Unfortunately, it is the way micro made the system.
> Right-click on the .exe of the program, and select "Run as Administrator".
>
> "maya" wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> am new to Vista, just started today.... I don't understand why I
>> don't have permissions to do so many things when my account is
>> administrator type.. for most things I can hit alerts once or twice
>> and then can do what I want.. but now I'm trying to install Tomcat
>> (server for java web development) and I can't because I don't have
>> permissions to install files like .bat and .exe... so Tomcat doesn't
>> get installed properly and I get an error that it wasn't installed...
>> (I'm only person who uses my computer, and don't feel need for more
>> than one account... for now....
>>
>> thank you...
>>
>>
Its not unfortunate really, its a safeguard for you as owner from day one,
that was why it was set up that way, yopu then allow other to use your
computer or not. You can turn of the control in Control Panel/Users.

On Jul 29, 8:12 am, "Ian Betts" <igb...@talktalk.net> wrote:
> --
> Ian
>
> "Mick Murphy" <MickMur...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:924F40FB-0361-4268-AC79-...
>
>
>
> > Unfortunately, it is the way micro made the system.
> > Right-click on the .exe of the program, and select "Run as Administrator".
>
> > "maya" wrote:
>
> >> hi,
>
> >> am new to Vista, just started today.... I don't understand why I
> >> don't have permissions to do so many things when my account is
> >> administrator type.. for most things I can hit alerts once or twice
> >> and then can do what I want.. but now I'm trying to install Tomcat
> >> (server for java web development) and I can't because I don't have
> >> permissions to install files like .bat and .exe... so Tomcat doesn't
> >> get installed properly and I get an error that it wasn't installed...
> >> (I'm only person who uses my computer, and don't feel need for more
> >> than one account... for now....
>
> >> thank you...
>
> Its not unfortunate really, its a safeguard for you as owner from day one,
> that was why it was set up that way, yopu then allow other to use your
> computer or not. You can turn of the control in Control Panel/Users.-

thank you very much.. that helped....

"maya" <> wrote in message
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> hi,
>
> am new to Vista, just started today.... I don't understand why I
> don't have permissions to do so many things when my account is
> administrator type.. for most things I can hit alerts once or twice
> and then can do what I want.. but now I'm trying to install Tomcat
> (server for java web development) and I can't because I don't have
> permissions to install files like .bat and .exe... so Tomcat doesn't
> get installed properly and I get an error that it wasn't installed...
> (I'm only person who uses my computer, and don't feel need for more
> than one account... for now....
>
> thank you...
>

It's not a full administrator account. It's an admin account with
limitations. It just asks for permission when you need admin privileges.
You see, it's all the fault of you dumbasses who wouldn't run XP as it was
meant to be run. You have admin account for admin duties and limited user
for everything else. You morons wouldn't listen to logic and the way things
are meant to be done on more powerful OS's (Linux does it this way too) so
it has been forced upon you because you just don't know any better.