Hi David,
This is privilege elevation. Your account is an admin account (ie: part of
the administrators group, but it is not "the" administrator), but you need
to intentionally invoke any operation that will make system alterations, and
this requires root privilege which is not automatic for reason of security
concerns. The prompt is to ensure that you are actually doing this, and that
it is not the result of a virus or other malware trying to surreptitiously
install itself on your system. Linux has worked this way since inception,
Windows is just catching up. The true 'administrator' account is normally
disabled by default so that those same malware programs cannot access it and
use its elevated privileges without the user's knowledge.
As to the problem with Internet Explorer, I've found that this most often
occurs when a plug-in or add-on has been installed that cannot operate
correctly without these elevated privileges. Going into Tools/Internet
Options/Programs tab and opening the Manage Add-Ons will allow you to
selectively disable these programs. Once the plug-in is disabled, IE will no
longer prompt for elevated privileges as it will run normally under any user
account.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"David Crisp" <> wrote in message
news:...
> But even whem I am logged in as the administrator, it keeps asking
> questions and not allwing me to do what I want to do.
>
> For example, when logged in as administrator, it asks me for permission
> EVERY time I open Intrernet Explorer. That is very frustrating....
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> No, you can't have full access to the system, you can alter the system to
>> be less tense when it comes to security messages. For instance, you can
>> turn of UAC by going to User Accounts applet in Control Panel. To access
>> the system with full Admin priviledges, you have to restart your system
>> in Safe Mode and log in to the Administrator account.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "David Crisp" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I have just one User Account and Vista tells me it is caleed
>>>Administrator.
>>>
>>> However when I try to manage the sytem, I get an awful lot or error
>>> messages saying that I do not have Administrator priviledges to carry
>>> out the action I want to!
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can get full and total access over my syste, rather
>>> than VISTA deciding what I can and cannot do.
>>>
>>> All help and advice is welcomed.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>
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