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Michael R
Good afternoon all. Thanks in advance for any replies.
I am running Windows Vista Home Premium, logged in with a user account that
has Admin rights. I did a quick search of the various newsgroups but can't
seem to find a fix for the issue I am having. I need to access the real or
default Administrator account on my PC. Even though my account is set up as
an Admin, I occasionally get a message (usually when trying to run an update
from Dell or Microsoft that I need to be logged in as Admin in order to run
the update). Is there a way in Vista to access the local Admin account like
you could with Windows 2000 and XP? I am writing this message based on the
assumption that it still exists and that I need to be logged in using that
account for some of the issues I am having. I do not see the Local Admin
account listed in the user ID control panel like I did with 2000/XP.
As a test, I tried to create a new account called Administrator and was
prompted with a message that the "account already exists". Not sure what
else to do so I figured I'd throw it out to the group.
Thanks again
Mike
I am running Windows Vista Home Premium, logged in with a user account that
has Admin rights. I did a quick search of the various newsgroups but can't
seem to find a fix for the issue I am having. I need to access the real or
default Administrator account on my PC. Even though my account is set up as
an Admin, I occasionally get a message (usually when trying to run an update
from Dell or Microsoft that I need to be logged in as Admin in order to run
the update). Is there a way in Vista to access the local Admin account like
you could with Windows 2000 and XP? I am writing this message based on the
assumption that it still exists and that I need to be logged in using that
account for some of the issues I am having. I do not see the Local Admin
account listed in the user ID control panel like I did with 2000/XP.
As a test, I tried to create a new account called Administrator and was
prompted with a message that the "account already exists". Not sure what
else to do so I figured I'd throw it out to the group.
Thanks again
Mike