How can I get myself set as Administrator ?

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Phil

I thought I had - yet I constantly get requests to confirm, or go round the
houses to get something working under "administrators priveledges" or
somesuch.
 
That is the new security feature - User Account Control.You have 2 choices.
In running program, right click and click "Run as Administrator" (Probably
the better idea) or turn off th e User Account Control, which defeats the
purpose. Haven't you ever seen the ads on television?
 
Hello,

In Windows Vista, even though you are an administrator, programs that do not
need administrative power don't receive such power. If a program wants to
use administrator power, it must either request it from you, or you must
explicitly give it such power by right-clicking it and clicking run as
administrator.

This gives you the following benefits:

- No program can run with administrative power without you knowing about it
- No program can sneakily start a trusted system or administrative program
and abuse it without you knowing about it
- Programs that don't need a lot of power over your computer, don't receive
it (such as internet explorer and its new protected mode)


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- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
 
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