Changing Security

[Thomas]

I really have had no problems with Vista except for the one or two programs
that wont run but there is one thing I need some help with. My laptop is my
laptop only. I am the only one who uses it. The only account on it is my
account and it has admin privileges but I do not have a password on it. It
seems every thing I do with my laptop the security box pops up and I need to
give it permission. Yesterday I was just arranging my program menu and it
drove me nuts. If I have admin privileges why do I need to give it
permission for everything? Any advice on the best way to set this up will
be appreciated. Thanks.

Tom

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I really have had no problems with Vista except for the one or two programs
that wont run but there is one thing I need some help with. My laptop is my
laptop only. I am the only one who uses it. The only account on it is my
account and it has admin privileges but I do not have a password on it. It
seems every thing I do with my laptop the security box pops up and I need to
give it permission. Yesterday I was just arranging my program menu and it
drove me nuts. If I have admin privileges why do I need to give it
permission for everything? Any advice on the best way to set this up will
be appreciated. Thanks.

Tom

This is a case of Microsoft giving confusingly similar names to two related
but different things.

AN administrator account is a standard account with some administrator
privileges. That's what you have.

THE administrator is an account with maximum privileges. By default, you
can't aee that. It is called Administrator.

You can run this command in an elevated command window to make it visible:
net user Administrator /active:yes

Then switch users or restart to log into that account. It should by default
have no password.

When you are finished and have logged out, run the command
net user Administrator /active:no
to turn it off.

Exercise extreme caution.