Sharon F

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:06:00 -0800, Chad wrote:

> I have an odd issue. First let me state that I did a successful upgrade from
> MCE 2005 to Vista RTM (official release, from MSDN). My username on the MCE
> 2005 setup was Chadi. It is also the same now in Vista, with "administrator"
> type account. However, I occasionally run into problems where Vista tells me
> I do not have administrator rights and need to login as administrator to do
> that task / function. Why am I being told this when my Chadi account is
> setup as administrator? I do end up logging out and logging in as
> Administrator (actual name of account). I'm lost on that, please explain how
> I can make my Chadi account 100% administrator entirely.

Under UAC, administrator accounts are "sandboxed." The prompts are your
ticket out of the sandbox and will allow completion of whatever
administrative task you've initiated.

When first setting up the system, you will see a lot of these. However,
once the bulk of your software is installed and configured, you will see
far less of them. While these prompts can be annoying if you're used to
running as admin in XP, the protection they provide is considerable.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User