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04-16-2008
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| | Built in Administrator account disabled? I had a user come in with a new toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the newest version of ConfigFree - a wireless utility to connect to ap's. Anyway, I downloaded the utility but couldn't install it due to a permissions issue. I checked the account - Owner is the name but doesn't have enough permissions to install this utility. Is the Admininstrator account disabled by default? How can I enable the account if the one and only account on this laptop cannot install this wireless utility? |
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04-16-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Built in Administrator account disabled?  Quote: Originally Posted by Mike  I had a user come in with a new toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the newest version of ConfigFree - a wireless utility to connect to ap's. Anyway, I downloaded the utility but couldn't install it due to a permissions issue. I checked the account - Owner is the name but doesn't have enough permissions to install this utility. Is the Admininstrator account disabled by default? How can I enable the account if the one and only account on this laptop cannot install this wireless utility? No, it is not enabled by default, but this tutorial will show you how to enable the built-in Administrator account. Administrator Account Hope it helps, Shawn |
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04-17-2008
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| | Re: Built in Administrator account disabled? I was able to enable the administrator which worked great but after logging with Administrator and installing the new version of ConfigFree wireless utility for the Toshiba laptop stopped on a particular service. I decided to cancel the update and use the existing version on the laptop and was able to connect to the staff wireless side of our network. Thanks again for your help. "Brink" wrote: Quote: > > Mike;685864 Wrote: Quote: > > I had a user come in with a new toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home > > Premium. I downloaded the newest version of ConfigFree - a wireless > > utility > > to connect to ap's. Anyway, I downloaded the utility but couldn't > > install it > > due to a permissions issue. I checked the account - Owner is the name > > but > > doesn't have enough permissions to install this utility. Is the > > Admininstrator account disabled by default? How can I enable the > > account if > > the one and only account on this laptop cannot install this wireless > > utility? > Hi Mike, > > No, it is not enabled by default, but this tutorial will show you how > to enable the built-in Administrator account. > > Administrator Account > > Hope it helps, > Shawn > > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask > them.* > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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04-17-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Built in Administrator account disabled? Quote: Originally Posted by Mike I was able to enable the administrator which worked great but after logging with Administrator and installing the new version of ConfigFree wireless utility for the Toshiba laptop stopped on a particular service. I decided to cancel the update and use the existing version on the laptop and was able to connect to the staff wireless side of our network. Thanks again for your help. "Brink" wrote: Quote: > > Mike;685864 Wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > No, it is not enabled by default, but this tutorial will show you how > to enable the built-in Administrator account. > > Administrator Account > > Hope it helps, > Shawn > > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask > them.* > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > Shawn |
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