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| Guest | I know I'm the administrator, but.... When I first set up my computer I set myself up as administrator. I don't remember having any other troubles doing anything, but today I tried to download a file directly to a folder I created in "Program Files" and I got a message that said "You need permission from the administrator to do that." To tell you the truth, I no longer remember how to check to see if I am an administrator, and from reading some other posts here, it doesn't seem like that even matters sometimes! What do I do? |
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... Angelique A couple of things when using Vista. Even though you are using an administrator account, you are still running as a standard user until you intentionally elevate a function to use your full administrator privileges. There are areas that are heavily restricted in Vista, due to the new security model. Areas such as C:\, Program Files, C:\Windows, and certain parts of the registry are the heavily restricted folders because these areas affect all users on the computer. If you want to create new folders and download files, these folders should be created in your user folder area. Create the folders in C:\Users\your name\new folder. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Angelique" <Angelique@xxxxxx> wrote in message news 0ADBD98-F235-4BC8-A8C7-3872DAAC78F8@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:34:02 -0700, Angelique wrote:
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... Angelique Whenever you start a program or application that requires administrator privileges, you should see a pop-up dialog box that asks for your permission to run the program. You must have the User Account Control component enbled for this to work properly. This is designed so that you can run as a standard user (more secure) and still have an easy way to elevate a program that needs your administrator privileges. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Angelique" <Angelique@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:658BA655-C92F-4F88-B1A4-7CC55166BA54@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... So, how to access the "SYSTEM" owned files & folders. What is the fastest way to change the 'Ownership' from "SYSTEM" to 'User'..? "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... The fastest way is properties of the file\folder->security->advanced->owner and then change the owner to your user. You must be using and administrator to do this. However, like someone already said it, some files\folders are (virtualy) hightly protect and this method won´t work. One way around, and I don't know if it is the fastest or not, is to open the comand line, cmd.exe, and play with de 'takeown' and 'cacls' comands. I learnd this from this site: http://www.missingremote.com/index.p...=1220&Itemid=1 "Officeboy" <Officeboy@xxxxxx> escreveu na mensagem news:A724778F-A727-4B88-AF05-AFD5CCD870E0@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: I know I'm the administrator, but.... On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:49:01 -0700, Officeboy <Officeboy@xxxxxx> wrote:
The fastest way would be to turn off UAC in your Account settings, then reboot. Most folks behind hardware firewalls or routers are usually just as safe without it turned on, unless they intentionally engage in dangerous behavior. However, even with UAC turned off, the OS will STILL deny you access to some files and folders, such as Restore folders, etc. Another way is to install a third-party utility like TweakVi, which will turn it off for you (temporarily or permanently), or enable you to bypass elevation demands automatically, while still keeping it turned on. But I've found that unless you also turn off the Windows Defender Service, you will still be faced with elevation demands and denials, especially if you try to access compatibility links such as "My Computer", "My Pictures", "My Music", and "My Videos", or attempt to install software for which WD has no signature. My personal name for Windows Defender is "Windows Preventor", since it seems to prevent more than it allows. To access your user data without denials, just access them through the alias "C:\Computer\Users\yourusername\suchandsuchfileorfolder". To access the Programs and Windows folders, take Owner control of them. If you are really serious about the whole matter, simply give yourself Ownership of the entire HD. Make sure your account has FULL CONTROL w/ SPECIAL PERMISSIONS. **** NOTE *** The last suggestion is VERY DANGEROUS, since it passes control over some system files the System needs control over to the user. I do not suggest you do it, unless you like to debug your OS installation continually. Donald McDaniel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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