Opening as Administrator

[species8350]

Why is it that I sometimes have to open a programme as the
administrator when I am the administrator (logged in as user not as
guest)?

Thanks

 

[Andrew Murray]

Why is it that I sometimes have to open a programme as the
administrator when I am the administrator (logged in as user not as
guest)?

Thanks

You may well be the sole user/admin for your computer, but are you using an
actual Administrator or Standard account?

If you have no Admin account, use the default Admin to create a standard
user and Admin user. Then you have access to both and should need to worry
about using the default admin account, although you can access this in
emergencies - through safe mode if necessary


Do not use the Guest account on an every day basis, as Guest account is more
limited than the standard user account, and has some security concerns
apparently.

When you're logged in as a standard user, that's the reason you get prompted
for the admin's password or need to click Run As Administrator when running
some programs or system functions.

 

[Bill Daggett]

Why is it that I sometimes have to open a programme as the
administrator when I am the administrator (logged in as user not as
guest)?

Thanks

Because of the way certain programs are written.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Because even an administrator has to acknowledge when they are attempting to
access protected system files. This mechanism is in place to prevent
unwanted malware from usurping admin privilege and installing itself without
the user's knowledge. Some programs require that you use 'run as
administrator' because they are not in compliance with Vista's software
mandate to run from the user environment. Instead, they are executing and
writing directly to/from either the \system32 or \Program Files directly (or
both), and these are protected folder structures.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[species8350]

Hi,

Because even an administrator has to acknowledge when they are attemptingto
access protected system files. This mechanism is in place to prevent
unwanted malware from usurping admin privilege and installing itself without
the user's knowledge. Some programs require that you use 'run as
administrator' because they are not in compliance with Vista's software
mandate to run from the user environment. Instead, they are executing and
writing directly to/from either the \system32 or \Program Files directly (or
both), and these are protected folder structures.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe:http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com







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Thanks to all.

Best wishes.

S