Adminstrator rights question

[puthp]

hi,

i upgraded to vista premium home edition a few weeks ago. i am the only
person who uses the computer, and when i click Control Panel > Users it says
"administrator" next to my name.

However, one quite a few occasions when changing settings in Vista, or
sometimes changing settings in programs like SpyBot S&D, i get an error
message that says I need Admin rights, and so i should log back on as
Adminstrator.

In the case of SpyBot, I just ignored it and I was allowed to change the
settings. I can't remember what happened when I tried to change some Vista
settings, but is there anything I can do to stop these incorrect messages
from occurring?

so thats my 1st question.

the 2nd is, whats the purpose of "system.old" folder? I imagine it would be
handy if I want to roll back to previous OS, but is there any other purpose?

thankyou

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Certain actions, notably those that directly write to or modify files in
protected system folders, require intentional elevation on the part of the
user regardless of whether or not they are an administrator. For this,
simply right click the program icon and choose 'run as administrator', then
agree to the UAC prompt.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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