Administrative rights...

[Jeremy Hanson]

When I look at the users, mine says it's an administrator. Yet, when I try
to delete a folder in Explorer, it says I need administrative rights.
Am I missing something?

Thank you.
I'm using RC2.

 

[John Barnes]

You aren't missing anything. That is why when you click thru you get to
delete the folder. Just Vista'a way of annoying you.

 

[Ben Miller]

To answer your question _correctly_, what you are seeing is User Account
Control:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/uacppr.mspx

This is a security feature in Vista that protects folks that still run their
OS using administrative privileges. Contrary to popular belief, it is a
very security-minded feature and will be widely used in the medium-to-large
enterprises throughout the world.

Hope this helps!

-- Ben
______________
Ben Miller
CISSP
GSEC
Security+

 

[Jeremy Hanson]

Thanks for the help.
much appreciated.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

their OS using administrative privileges. Contrary to popular belief,
it is a very security-minded feature and will be widely used in the
medium-to-large enterprises throughout the world.

Surely not? As I understand it, this feature only makes sense if the
user is running as an Administrator (home user), medium to large
enterprises don't run their users as Administrators.