user account control

Hello mates! ;) i have a new instalation of windows 7 ultimate...everything works well except of the parental control...i cant open program files...i didnt even created an admin acc & the windows asks me for one...i can't get in as the admin...i tried to instal a fresh win7, but it asks me for...

Hi all, i've been a lurker here since the release of windows 7. I have a problem with foobar on a fresh install of windows 7 ultimate 64bit. I am the sole account owner who presumably has administrative rights since i set this up from the win7 installation. Basically i want to use foobar to...

I have installed Expression Web 3, but when I try to enter the serial number, UAC asks for program permission. When I click to allow, the busy circle runs for a second or two, then stops. The serial number is not accepted. However, when I ran EW3 as Administrator, everything went fine and the...

I have been trying to install an incredibly important program called NovaNet which I use for my classes. If I can't install this, then I can't do my classwork and get my credit. The program is certified to run on XP and Vista, so I figured that if it can run on Vista then it can run on 7. It...

I am sick of being restricted to some stupid actions such as as simple as deleting folders. sometimes some folders will not be deleted and it says i need administrative privileges to do so, but those folders are not in use or they dont have any executables running from inside or used by one or...

Hello i am new here PLZ HELP I am having issues with RDP externally EG: if i am at the office i can RDP in my servers locally with ease however i cannot remote out to a nother site, but if i use my co-workers machine i have no problems at all externally What i have done so far is: -checked...

hi, I am testing w7 pro in a AD domain managed by w2003 servers, I found W7 local administrator is disabled by default and since my users need to install software regularly, I activated local admin account to let them use it in UAC. I read some articles explaining WS7 local admin are now...

I would like to un-protect a specific file in a Program Files (x86) subfolder, which the system will not allow me to change without requiring administrative approval (UAC). Is this possible? The file is C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\Firefox.js, and I need the system login...

Yesterday I tried to access my documents and settings and was told I didn't have permission. I went to UAC and set the slider to the bottom and tried again. No luck. I right clicked on it, went to properties and then sharing and it was set to No Access. I tried to change that but everytime it...

Hi there. I would like to have my current user as a real administrator and not just be in the administrator group. I know that command: net user administrator /active:yes but it adds a new user at the log on screen. I would like to have the same privileges of the real admin but with my...

I have a clean win 7 installation running for a couple of weeks and all is running swimmingly so far save for one nagging little issue that I would like some help in resolving if anyone can offer it! The problem is that when the screen greys out, such as when a user account control box pops up...

Ok, I have found many examples of this but every solution I have read doesn't work for me, I'll start at the top in what steps I have taken to the current situation. On installing Windows 7 it worked flawlessly, proceeded to install apps etc, that evening I turned off. On login the next day no...

On sunday I upgraded from Vista home premium to W7 home premium. Since then I have had nothing but problems. I sat on the phone with micosoft last night for more then two hours just for them to tell me they would refer me to a tier 3 tech and they will call me back tonight. Here is the...

someone please help, my computer has decided that it wants to lock me out of my main hard drive, c:\ an says its not accesssible , access denied, and the system administrator has blocked you from running this program, i dont know what iv done, and its dun me good, if i cant get access back, i...

Windows 7 default user account control worries experts. Corporate IT departments should be pleased with new security measures in Windows 7, but consumers are still at risk of getting hit by malware despite changes in the User Account Control (UAC) feature designed to help people be smarter when...

Hello everyone! First, thank you for all great posts from here, they are very useful. Second..i have a big problem. I use Windows 7 Ultimate and today i tried to change file permissions for a drive from my HDD and removed the group "Logged in users" by mistake. Now my drive is unaccessible...

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but my problem does relate to installing things on Windows 7 so thought this was the best place to post my query. Anyway, I am getting code 2503 and 2502 errors whenever I try to install some apps(COD 4, AMD dual core optimiser, Company of Hero's etc...)...

Hi there. I have 2 physical HDs and one of them is devided into two drives, so basically I have 3 drives: C: D: and E; I want to assign names to each of them and I could only do so to drive C:, but I seem to ran into this message that I need an admisitrative ability while I'm the...

I love a fast clean system that will focus all it's attention to the tasks I give it to perform. So I turn off or optimize all features that I don't need to run all the time. Here are the tweaks I start with. User Account Control When you are tweaking features you will be prompted to...

Hi. I'm trying to install W7 32-bit via partition/iso as per this link: Install Windows 7/ Vista on your Hard disc Without using any DVD/CD or Pendrive (USB drive) Although when I try to go through the step where you need to copy boot/bootmgr into the C:\ drive, it says "You need...