help with Admin priveleges

[Pam]

I'm trying to uninstall previous versions of Java thru control
panel/uninstall programs - but it keeps saying that I don't have admin
priveleges and won't let me . I'm running Vista Home Premium

I've tried googling - and tried to follow a couple of the geek squad ideas
of getting the hidden admin to come out of hiding ... but to no avail

can someone help me figure out how to uninstall various programs and get to
the real admin? My user acct of course says it has admin priv - but that
must not be the case?

pam

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

From Start/.../RUN, you type:

Net user administrator /active:yes

OK that and restart

After you uninstall what you want, the reverse is:

Net user administrator /active:no

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[M.L.]

From Start/.../RUN, you type:

Net user administrator /active:yes

OK that and restart

After you uninstall what you want, the reverse is:

Net user administrator /active:no

The user might get "access denied" when executing that command from
the RUN menu. Might be better to get the command prompt from
Accessories->Command Prompt then rt-click to access "Run As
Administrator" first.

 

[+Bob+]

From Start/.../RUN, you type:

Net user administrator /active:yes

OK that and restart

After you uninstall what you want, the reverse is:

Net user administrator /active:no

I won't deny that that works, but what's the strategy behind MS using
the "NET" command - something that was intended for network related
operations - to enable a local administrator account?

Also, how long does the enable last if not deactivated? Until reboot?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

(Thanks to M.L. for backing me up on that, I'm going to claim a 'senior
moment' :/)

+Bob+
It lasts till deactivated.

I find you comment nicely put. I often wondered why a 'workgroup' (LAN
rather than a 'Domain') did not have a 'chairman' or 'speaker'. Someone to
kind of 'lead the voting' of the members. Each member is the admin of their
own machine, and 'dominates' that area of the data, but that is true of any
group gathering, computer driven or not. Certainly the NET command will also
'start' or 'stop' a Local service, so user activation is just one step up
from there.
I agree with the need to 'dominate' activity on a Domain, but the lack of a
clear leader on a workgroup was always a rather curiously missing component.