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Hassan
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      12-29-2007
I know I am in the administrators group and installed the OS on this
machine. I was trying to modify the hosts file to enter an IP address and a
host name and it does not let me save. The properties of the file is not
even checked for read only.

So what do I need to make myself a true administrator


 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP
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      12-29-2007
Type "Notepad" in the Start Search box. When Notepad.exe shows up, right click on it and click "Run as administrator". Now open the HOSTS file and edit it.

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"Hassan" <> wrote in message news:u%...
I know I am in the administrators group and installed the OS on this
machine. I was trying to modify the hosts file to enter an IP address and a
host name and it does not let me save. The properties of the file is not
even checked for read only.

So what do I need to make myself a true administrator
 
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jjwabed
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      09-07-2008

Hey, both of my accounts are computer administrators and i still can
run as the other computer administrator, can someone help me? do i hav
to run safe mode then log in to this account im on the select the actua
administrator account i just loaded up

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