Please help me achieve ultimate authority in Vista

[nunamoose]

Home Premium, working beautifully except for this problem.

As the sole user of this computer, I want to be able to
do ANYthing with at most a single UAC alert that's
responsive to an "OK" by me.

However, too often when I seek to move a file from one
folder to another, or do other routine tasks, I can't.

How do I become the highest level of administrator?

Thanks, gurus

 

[nunamoose]

Thank you.
I do not wish to disable UAC (see my original post).

UAC at most should ask "do you really want to do this?"
and accept a YES. But I often attempt common tasks, such
as moving a .jpg file from the desktop to a folder or
deleting a .txt or .doc file, that are blocked
regardless of what I do - no number of RETRYs will work.
I want more authority...

 

[jimmuh]

Please read this first --

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/UAC/default.aspx

and then reconsider. It's easy enough to turn UAC off, but then you're
blowing away one of the most basic protections afforded you by the new
operating system. You see, an operating system can't really tell whether a
request to get write access to a protected area of the system is coming from
YOU or from SOMETHING ELSE. So it asks, each and every time such a request is
made. It can be inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as a compromised system.

Really, please read that article carefully and make sure you actually
understand the ramifications before you go any further. Then, at least,
you'll understand what you're trading away for a little convenience.

 

[Dave]

You probably need to take ownership of some folders (takeown), and change
permissions (icalcs).

http://www.google.com/search?q=vista+takeown&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_en_____215

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/11/10/windows-vista-secret-11-deleting-the-undeletable.aspx

 

[jimmuh]

Oh, I understand. If you read the information at the link, and then delve a
little into the way UAC works, you'll understand the reason for the multiple
requests for an OK (or for an admin account password, if you're running as a
standard user). Often times a process we tend to think of as a one-step
process actually involves several steps, each of which requires confirmation
-- and for good reason.