Administrator Access Problems

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I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate. One of the things that drives me crazy
about Vista is the number of error messages I get about not being allowed
access to certain system files because I do not have proper permission.

However, I'm the administrator. I'm always running under full administrator
settings. When I go to the User accounts in the Control Panel it always
lists me as the administrator.

And yet at the same time I'm being denied access to a number of system
processes.

The latest example of which is the fact that I want to simply copy a font to
a website administrator -- who is currently updating my company's website --
and when I attempt to attach a font file to an e-mail I'm told that I don't
have permission to access the Fonts folder. (Although I can access the Fonts
folder through normal browsing; but copying and pasting is still not allowed.)

Any info would be most appreciated!
 
husky86 said:
I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate. One of the things that drives me
crazy about Vista is the number of error messages I get about not
being allowed access to certain system files because I do not have
proper permission.

However, I'm the administrator. I'm always running under full
administrator settings.
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Actually, you do not. Even administrator accounts run with standard user
privileges in Vista. You have to elevate or OK a UAC prompt in order to put
your administrator permissions into effect. Being an administrator simply
means you can do so, while standard users can not.

Take a look at the chapter on UAC in this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...86-9661-49b1-87ce-6d4a39e83747&DisplayLang=en

As for the fonts folder: copy the file(s) in question to the Desktop or
Documents folder before you attempt to attach to the mail.

Charlie42
 
Thanks for the info Charlie.

Charlie42 said:
Actually, you do not. Even administrator accounts run with standard user
privileges in Vista. You have to elevate or OK a UAC prompt in order to put
your administrator permissions into effect. Being an administrator simply
means you can do so, while standard users can not.

Take a look at the chapter on UAC in this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...86-9661-49b1-87ce-6d4a39e83747&DisplayLang=en

As for the fonts folder: copy the file(s) in question to the Desktop or
Documents folder before you attempt to attach to the mail.

Charlie42
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