Becoming administrator

[Chris Saunders]

I have been trying to un-install some software and am getting a dialog that
insists that I need administrative priviledges to continue. I am the user
that
installed the system, the only user, and thought I was the administrator.

Is there a method to acquire such?

Regards
Chris Saunders

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

"Administrator" in Vista is not the same as "Administrator" in XP. Try
right-clicking on the "Uninstall" link and choosing "Run as Administrator"
and see if that works.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Shawn,

Even an administrator will not have the elevated privileges necessary to
perform certain functions unless they self-elevate (also known as root
privilege). This is to prevent malware from usurping them and installing
sight-unseen. What are you doing that is incurring frequent prompts?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[mayayana]

Reposting because the first post did not show up
on the msnews server:

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On Vista, Administrator is not necessarily
Administrator. Unfortunately, there is a "security
design" trend, on both Windows and some Linux
versions, which consists of simply making the whole
system too confusing for anyone to figure out how
to get full privileges.

And it's not only confusing. Both systems actually
lie to you, leading you to believe that you're
Administrator on Windows or root on Linux when
you're not.

To be the actual Administrator, with actual control,
and be able to access your actual files (rather than
"virtualized" copies):

1) Open the command prompt with Administrative
privileges by opening the Start Menu, typing cmd in
the search box. Then press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to
open cmd with admin rights.

2) Type the following in the command prompt and
then press Enter:

net user administrator /active:yes

3) Restart the computer and log in as Administrator.