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| Guest | Administrator account I'm using Vista Home Premium. I initially gave myself Admin privileges but don't want to run that way normally. Is there a "Administrator" account hidden or do I manually have to set that one up myself? |
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| Guest | Re: Administrator account On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:49:08 -0600, Dale Peart wrote:
"everyday" administrator account. There will be times you will use it and you will still have that hidden "super" admin account available in a pinch. You can easily log on to the newly created administrator account whenever necessary -or- (while logged on with your standard account) supply the credentials for that new administrative account in response to UAC prompts. One way to set this up: Log on to your current account. Create a new administrator account and give it a password. Log off from your current account. Log on to the new account. Change the status of the old account to "standard." Log off of the new administrator account and back into your "old" account. All of your data will still be accessible and your personal preference settings will be exactly the same as before this account was changed to a standard user. One thing to watch for: If you have already installed programs that were not explicitly (and correctly) designed for Vista, you may see more UAC prompts than before or the programs may not run as expected. If this happens, check out the "program compatibility" tools. If the results are not satisfactory, you can always change this account back to admin status until software updates properly enable the programs that were giving you trouble. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User | ||||||||||||
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| Guest | RE: Administrator account Dale; There is no "hidden" admin account. The best way to do what you want is creating an Administrator/Administrative account that will give you full permission. Give it a strong yet unforgettable password and then create another account that you'll be using all the time with Admin/standard settings. So, the answer to your last question is yes, you have to manually setup the accounts yourself. :-) Sco**** "Dale Peart" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Administrator account On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:58:05 -0700, Sco**** wrote:
Vista. It's disabled by default on a clean install. Enable the account and it is active. Administrative Tools> Computer Management> Local Users and Groups. Even though it's there and available, I prefer leaving it as a reserve account for troubleshooting. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User | ||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: Administrator account Sharon, how do you get into that 'hidden' admin account? I don't have local users and groups under Computer Management. Thanks . . "Sharon F" wrote:
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