Vista - Account types changed from Administrator to Standard User

I bought a Vista computer for my wife last Summer. She (as the owner) had
administrator priviledges, so I used her account to set up another one for
myself, also as administrator. Recently there have been a number of things
we could do anymore so I checked the account types, and both are set to
Standard User, even though we are still listed as Administrators (along with
our User Names and Password status) next to the icon on the user pages. In
the Change Account Type screen where it lists the account as Standard User,
if I check the the Administrator radio button the Change Account Type button
greys itself out and won't permit a change. The only other account is the
Guest account and it has not been activated. How can we recover from this??

Ted Smith

"Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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You shouldn't. You should NOT run as Administrator on a daily basis. Why are
you?

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I did it with XP without any problems for so many years I never even thought
of potential problems with Vista.



"Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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You shouldn't. You should NOT run as Administrator on a daily basis. Why are
you?

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"Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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There's potential problems with ANY OS. You should run normally as a
Standard User. Both in XP and Vista.

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:39:43 -0600, "Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Do you have a good backup strategy "just in case"?

I do. I also run daily as the Admin. And I have UAC turned OFF.

"Richie Hardwick" <richiehardwick@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well you shouldn't. Why are you? There is no need, and it just increases the
probability of viruses and malware washing bout the internet.

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Sounds like you might be misinterpreting something. If you are listed as an
Administrator, you are.
Just as a quick check, click start, type cmd in Start search and press
Ctrl+Shift+Enter. You should get the UAC window.
Click continue. If you're in a command window, you'll see Administrator in
the title bar. If you can get this far, you are an administrator.
Type exit to close the command window or click close.

Tyro

"Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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NEW THOUGHT

MAYBE the reason the Change Account button greys out when I click on the
Administrator button (see comments below) is that the account is STILL an
Administrator account and it can't change from itself to itself. That would
be good news!! But then the question would be "why are there administrative
priviledges that seem to have disappeared"? I will work on narrowing the
problem down a little more and do a different post.


"Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I bought a Vista computer for my wife last Summer. She (as the owner) had
administrator priviledges, so I used her account to set up another one for
myself, also as administrator. Recently there have been a number of things
we could do anymore so I checked the account types, and both are set to
Standard User, even though we are still listed as Administrators (along with
our User Names and Password status) next to the icon on the user pages. In
the Change Account Type screen where it lists the account as Standard User,
if I check the the Administrator radio button the Change Account Type button
greys itself out and won't permit a change. The only other account is the
Guest account and it has not been activated. How can we recover from this??

Ted Smith

Hello Tyro,

Thanks. I had just posted again stating my suspicion that I had interpreted
the Change Account incorrectly. Your suggestion confirmed that I had. I
followed your instructions and indeed the cmd screen lists both myself and
my wife as administrators. Thanks!


"Tyro" <Tyro@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sounds like you might be misinterpreting something. If you are listed as an
Administrator, you are.
Just as a quick check, click start, type cmd in Start search and press
Ctrl+Shift+Enter. You should get the UAC window.
Click continue. If you're in a command window, you'll see Administrator in
the title bar. If you can get this far, you are an administrator.
Type exit to close the command window or click close.

Tyro

"Ted Smith" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:04:32 -0000, "Gordon"
<gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote:
Excuse me... I don't recall asking for your help.