user privileges

it is purported that creating a separate admin account then setting your admin acct to a std user helps with warding of malware. In order to do any admin tasks u must enter a PW. The purpose of UAC is to help ward off malware. If set at default, in order to perform admin functions u must...

Hi I am a dad who wants to give his rebellious pre-teen daughter some control on her laptop, like update iTunes or install games, but she cannot do such as a Standard User. I initially setup her laptop with both of us (dad and daughter) as admin users. I wanted to be an admin user to help...

Hi all. I am trying to install Microsoft Network Framework v.4 (x64) and I keep getting error "Final Result: Installation failed with error code: (0x80070643), "Fatal error during installation. " (Elapsed time: 0 00:01:01)." The exact log file is attached: OS Version Information: OS...

Hi, I've been using a MS Sidewinder keyboard with the Intellitype software and I got my macro keys assigned and working fine. However if a program is right-clicked and "run as admin" then the macro buttons will not work due to missing elevation of privileges for the intellitype processes...

There is a BIG bug in UAC password prompts and "Run as Administrator"!!! Accessing files/folders Well, first problem is accessing other users' files/folders! Until recently I had only one Administrator User, but I created a Standard User for safer daily use. I have all my documents in the...

I am trying to help a friend sort out some problems on her PC. It is fairly new (6 months old) machine running Win7 (64 bit). The opsys came preloaded with the computer. I am very familiar with WinXP and with Office2003. I have a few hours on Win7 just poking around to get a feel for the...

I've installed an extra font that I need for an application (LiberationSansNarrow). This font is available in the application, in Notepad, and shows up in the Control Panel / Fonts utility. However, when I run a task automatically using Task Scheduler, the font is not available to the...

Brand new laptop and only two users set up (administrator - local computer and end user - domain). Gave end user "administrator" previledges but when user tries to install software they receive the following error "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation". End...

Hello everyone, I'm using windows 7 x64 Ultimate I want to edit my hosts file. I've found it in the directory C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..nfrastructure-other_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_6079f415110c0210. The problem is I can't edit it in no way. I've tried: Open...

I have three accounts set up on my windows 7 machine: Sys_admin, Bil, and Myra. Sysadmin has sysadmin privileges, Bill and Myra do not. While i'm logged in as Bill, win7 seems to put some documents in sys_admin's documents library and some in my Bill documents library. Should I just remove...

Hi Everyone, How come I keep getting admin prompts and warnings and sometimes am even told I need to seek admin permission to do things even though my account is an admin account?? Many thanks Dan :)

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 installed windows 7 3 days ago and its been working fantastically as a replacement for windows vista. Today however windows 7 starts misbehaving. The toolbar, windows anything managed by "explorer.exe" refuses to work. It hangs for about 10-20 minutes before doing the action you requested...

This is fairly simple, but useful. You can create an alarm clock with Windows Media Player in scheduled tasks (Task Scheduler) by programming the following into the Task Scheduler: Step 1: Launch Task Scheduler Start Search Task Scheduler OR Start Key +R Run... taskschd.msc /s Step 2...

I am trying to run a program but i am being told that i do not have the permissions to run it. Does anyone know how i can log-on with the built in Local administrator account.:confused:

Unable to do Anything The Admin account is no longer an Administrator While setting up a computer for a lab, I have become completely unable to change anything requiring an administrator password. I loaded the computer on a domain called "students" and I am logged on using the local account...