Running in elevated mode

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How do I go about running in an 'elevated mode' in Vista Home Premium?
I am being told not to have enough priveliges, although I have chosen
'administrator'.
The question arises when going into 'command prompt'.

Harry.
 
For the command prompt click Start and then type 'cmd' into the search box.
When the command application appears at the top of the start window, right
click on it and, from the drop down menu, select 'run as administrator' This
will give you the elevated mode you require.

The same applies with any other application that you need elevated mode
with, just right click on the application file or shortcut and click on 'run
as administrator.'

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John Barnett MVP said:
For the command prompt click Start and then type 'cmd' into the search
box. When the command application appears at the top of the start window,
right click on it and, from the drop down menu, select 'run as
administrator' This will give you the elevated mode you require.

The same applies with any other application that you need elevated mode
with, just right click on the application file or shortcut and click on
'run as administrator.'
Click to expand...

That was easy, thank you, John.
While we're here, can you give me some of the most common commands as they
were in previous Windows OS's, i.e. 'Fdisk C:' or the like, or tell me were
to find them?
 
Fdisk hasn't been around for a while now, so that option isn't even
available.

If you want to know what command are available then open the command prompt
and type: 'help' (without the quotes). A list of available commands will
appear. To see more on a specific command type 'help' (without the quotes)
followed by the specific command name, i.e., 'help xcopy' (again without the
quotes)


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John Barnett MVP said:
Fdisk hasn't been around for a while now, so that option isn't even
available.

If you want to know what command are available then open the command
prompt and type: 'help' (without the quotes). A list of available commands
will appear. To see more on a specific command type 'help' (without the
quotes) followed by the specific command name, i.e., 'help xcopy' (again
without the quotes)
Click to expand...

I came from ME to Vista and wasn't familiar with the in-between changes,
John, therefore my ignorance. Thanks for letting me know.
 
You're Welcome.

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