SP1 and Aministrator Privilage

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Drew Leyda

Good Morning:

Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
privileges. I am the only user of this Home Premium OS and I am signed on as
Administrator ( I checked Control Panel/User).
Sometimes when I try to update some of my non- MS programs I get a message
that since I am not the Administrator I can not run program.

Drew
 
Drew Leyda said:
Good Morning:

Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
privileges. I am the only user of this Home Premium OS and I am signed on
as Administrator ( I checked Control Panel/User).
Sometimes when I try to update some of my non- MS programs I get a message
that since I am not the Administrator I can not run program.

Drew
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Firstly you should NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator. It's a
security risk. Create another Administrator account for system functions,
and convert your account to a Standard User.
 
Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
Firstly you should NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator. It's a
security risk. Create another Administrator account for system functions,
and convert your account to a Standard User.
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OK I did that.
How do I incorporate my old user settings in to my new user account ?
 
Firstly you should NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator. It's a
security risk. Create another Administrator account for system functions,
and convert your account to a Standard User.
Click to expand...

There I go breaking another seccurity rule!!

I have UAC off. I have Windows firewall off (I'm using my router's
firewall). I have auto-updates turned off. I have IE's auto-phishing
off.

And now you tell me that I shouldn't be maiking daily use of my
account that has Admin rights.

I'm starting to feel guilt pangs <g>.
 
Hi,

Being an admin account does not give unfettered access to the system as it
did with XP and earlier versions of Windows. In Vista, even an admin must
self-elevate to have the level of privilege necessary to alter or manipulate
system folders. Among other things, this is to prevent malware from usurping
a user's privilege and installing itself without the user's knowledge.

Right click the file or icon you are using to update the programs and use
'run as administrator'.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
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