Sign in to vote. I'm working on a computer for a relative, and something is totally confusing me here - There are three accounts designated as administrator accounts, yet the one I am working on is limited in some way and I cannot figure out how or why - I can't run regedit, as it says my system administrator disabled that feature, and some other parts of the UI cannot be used, like "Folder and Search Options" is greyed out.
I can access anything I want from another account, but that doesn't solve the issue as to why it's disabled on another one. I'm using Vista Home Premium. Monday, December 21, PM. Akubane Fully Optimized. Messages 2, Location NB, Canada. Clean, quick and to the point, and the highlighted visuals made me happy. Also it's nice to be able to turn UAC back on as well.
I couldn't deal with that propt every time I wanted to do anything. It's like a nagging little sister second and third guessing every action I take lol. Messages Not true, i have legecy apps that require admin rights all the time to run.
Sometimes there are execptions. Those are easy to fix. So you dont get prompted every time. So you can still be secure while still running you apps. Not so much that i would want to compromise the security of my whole system. Burn Fully Optimized. Messages 1, Location San Diego. Right click my computer, click manage. On the left, navigate to 'Local Users and Groups'.
Double click on 'Users'. Right click on 'Administrator', click Properties. Uncheck the box 'Account is disabled'. That does the same things right? This method can be kind of annoying, as it also creates a completely new user, unless you do it when you first install windows. Similar threads T. Youtube not working fix on windows or iphone. Replies 1 Views If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
Your user name is highlighted and your account type is shown in the Group column. Your account type is displayed below your user name.
If your account type is Administrator , then you are currently logged on as an administrator. If your account type is not Administrator , then you cannot log on as an administrator unless you know the user name password for another account on the computer that is an administrator. If you are not an administrator, you can ask an administrator to change your account type.
Windows 7 More Type the user name and password for your account in the Welcome screen. But there's another way to manage user accounts: the User Accounts Control Panel. User Accounts doesn't display any settings for the Administrator account until you're booted into that account. But once you're booted into Administrator, it lets you set a password for it without any negative effects. So this is a work-around if you'd like to leave your Administrator account enabled.
It's important to protect it with a password that's not easy to guess or arrive at by trial and error. Despite what it may seem to some people, Microsoft's decision to disable and lightly hide the Administrator account in Windows was a very good one. Millions of people have for many years been living in this account -- many without even having set a password for it.
Doing so makes it easy for malware and hackers to waltz into an account that has unlimited access to the operating system. By changing the name for the account on your computer that has administrative privileges, and by setting a password for it, Windows security is raised considerably.
The user experience for dealing with User Account Control elevations, although improved in Windows Vista Post-Beta-2 Build , is still a little rough.
Microsoft has designed UAC in a way that keeps you from having to reboot between changes, but there are still too many nuisance UAC prompts. There's still development time to go on Vista's User Account Controls. Online editorial director Scot Finnie has been an editor for a variety of IT publications for more than 20 years.
This article was adapted from the July issue of Scot's Newsletter and is used by permission. Scot Finnie, former Editor in Chief of Computerworld, is a freelance writer with decades of experience covering the IT industry. Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register.
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