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Administrator Account Is Corrupted?
After successfully solving my previous problem i stumbled upon another shortly after. Once i logged into my administrator account i have noticed the following missing:
Quick launch which also cannot ...
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Ubuntu administrator prompt doesn't display
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Toshiba A300-16l laptop, and have been experiencing various very strange problems recently after upgrading to the latest Ubuntu release.
The most obvious problem is that ...
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Powershell Access to the path denied
I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but I can't figure out why I can't run this simple command in powershell:
PS> new-item -path c:\users\me\desktop\testfolder -name (get-date).txt ...
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What are the dangers of having administrator privileges on my Mac?
I have a Mac and I'm the only user of it. I have admin privileges and I just want to know what some of the things that could go wrong are.
So here are my questions:
What can go wrong if I use an ...
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Windows 7 “Run as Administrator” when already an Administrator [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do I need to run commands as administrator if my account is member of administrator group?
Silly question here: why in Windows 7 (and presumably Vista/Server2008) ...
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How to overwrite system32 files in Windows 7? (that really works please)
I have Windows 7 64bit installed on a virtual box (the fact it is a virtual box shouldn't be relevant).
I need to overwrite /Windows/System32/d3d9.dll but the system won't let me.
I've read the same ...
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Administrating “public” computer at local church?
I'm administrating a "public" computer, that is the computer at our local church. We use it to record the services in Ableton Live, show lyrics with Easy Worship and so on.. On it we have Moonscape ...
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How can I see the rate at which data is sent?
I have an app that sends messages over UDP in some known format. I'd like to know the rate at which these messages are sent. To be clear, I could care less about the datarate - it's a loopback, so ...
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Remember the administrator password on Windows
sudo on linux remembers the entered password for five minutes, so that when it's invoked multiple times in a short time, I don't have to keep inputting the password. Can I do the same thing on ...
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How do I elevate permissions from within a batch script in Windows 7 or 2008? [closed]
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Batch file - start program with admin rights
I'm writing a batch script that requires administrator permissions to execute, so to start it I need to right-click and ...
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Domain user not having admin rights on local machine
I'm using Windows 2003 server as active directory and Windows 7 as a station. I need to have a regular domain user have admin rights on local machine. I added domain user to local admin group but they ...
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I obtained an old server from a friends friend; how can I find EITHER the product key or the admin password? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can reset Windows administrator password?
The computer in question is an IBM Netfinity with a RAID configuration using SCSI disks. I know how to crack admin ...
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There's a hidden folder in windows vista, but no available when I show hidden files: I need to open cmd as administrator
There's a hidden folder in windows vista, but no available when I show hidden files: I need to open cmd as administrator.
The folder is named c:\folder.000 and there are c:\folder.000\dir0000.chk ...
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Java plug-in runs only for administrators in Firefox 8
I had Firefox 3.6 installed on a Windows XP with the Java plugin working fine. I then installed Firefox 8 and now the Java plug-in only works for users with admin privileges. The Add-Ons -> Plugins ...
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Is there a way to fix admin privledges once and for all?
This is driving me mad. I am on a Mac OSX 10.6.8. I have been to the info box and given myself read and write privileges. I am the sole owner of my computer, yet I get told that I do not have admin ...
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Missing “Users” tab in in Windows XP Professional Group Policy Object Editor
I want to add some restrictions to a non-admin account, but when going through:
Start -> Run "mmc" -> (in MMC console) "File" -> "Add/Remove Snap-in" -> (in "Adding/Removing Snap-ins" window) I choose ...
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Shoutcast admin panel not showing most of information
I recently start audio streaming broadcast through third party - they provide server to broadcast audio. But when I accessed Shoutcast admin panel on the server, there's not much information I can
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How to get rid of the “Failed to update system registry” dialog for an application with normal user permissions
I have an application which is modifying the Windows registry upon execution. With administrator privileges, the application executes fine (no problem) but whenever a normal user executes the ...
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Windows xp registry permission problems
this one has me banging my head against a brick wall.
Basically the computer in question has had it's problems but we have done a windows xp repair and got all the windows updates in and done got a ...
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Access is denied while moving a file from different volumes
i have a portable 500GB HDD plugged into my dell xps system. The system have windows 7 professional edition. the problem is that when i try to open a file(visual studio .sln file) it is saying that ...
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Shares created via WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive are not visible by administrator
I have a script that maps some network drives via WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive - but those drives are not visible by processes running as Administrator.
Is there any solution to it? (maybe some flag?)
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set user's PATH variable without admin access in XP
I have two related questions for XP variables; it may end up the same method works for both of them. I as a user want to modify my Path but lack the admin rights necessary to change it. I imagine ...
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How do I make PowerShell run as administrator start in my home directory?
Whenever I run PowerShell as administrator, it starts in C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0. How do I make it start in my user's home directory instead? My $HOME has the expected value, i.e., ...
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Making CMD run as administrator mode automatically
I like to do a Win+R+ CMD + Enter but it doesn't run the command prompt in "administrator mode".
I am aware that I can "right-click" run as admin, however I was wondering is there anyway to make the ...
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Why is “run this program as an administrator” disabled?
I need to stop some services so I made a cmd file but it doesn't work because it needs to run as admin.
When I right click on the file and choose Properties, I see that "run this program as an ...
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Permanently mute Mac computer
At my school, admin seems to have completely muted our Macs. Students are not permitted to raise the volume, and when we try, a the volume symbol pops up with a line through it. How did they do this?
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changing port number - is it still possible to guess what is listenning there?
I'm trying to learn thing or two about server security.
I installed nmap to check my server open ports.
Now I've changed default ports on almost everything. So nmpa reports wrong names for the ...
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C# Application prompts for Admin Credentials for particular user
I have two users one a month old, and one brand new.
Both are standard users(belong to standard users group).
UAC Setting is set to Default.
Problem is while launching a C# App, old_user prompts ...
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Is there a way to run resource monitor (resmon.exe) without administrator privileges?
Is there a way to run resource monitor (resmon.exe) without administrator privileges?
The user is member of the debug users, power users, performance monitor and performance log groups, however, this ...
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Which is the standard for administrator user capabilities? [closed]
I wonder which is the standard or the non-written-rule for administrative users in the applications world. The specifics I would like to know about this are:
should there be a "pre-existing" admin? ...
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Duplicate Super Administrator
Is there a way to duplicate the Super Administrator account on Vista?
Please don't ask why I want to know or suggest alternatives
I would like just a simple yes or no with an explanation
To ...
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How do I run a program as admin without entering user credentials?
You're probably going to say DUPE! but that question's answer is specifically for a batch file command while mine isn't
I have a domain that is running a program on all computers (Win7 and XP). In ...
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Can't delete file in Win7 Pro with Admin rights
Running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. I downloaded the alternative Cygwin terminal Console but don't want it anymore. I'm trying to delete the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Console2\Console.exe and despite ...
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Where to see the list of administrators in Windows 7?
I am having Windows 7 Professional. I would like to see what are the users that has administrative access on my PC.
But I do not have administrative access in my PC.
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Windows 7 (64), junctions, Admin, shims , and takebacks
I am new to Windows 7 (64), and I am also one of those people who ripped tore shredded and re-arranged Windows XP.
The system won't do a LOT of thing I want, and some programs I use are causing ...
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Windows 7: How to have 2 shortcuts to the same executable in the Taskbar?
One to be ran "as Administrator" and the other as the regular user?
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How to stop an unstoppable windows 7 service?
I have recently installed a program that deploys an agent which "protects" from peripherals.
What it actually does at this point is to block any kind of media I plug to my PC.
I've done some checking ...
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How to make a cmd 'runnable as administrator' under windows 7?
I have written as small .cmd file to be executed as an administrator. I am trying to set its options as 'Run as Administrator' but the check box is not accessible.
Why? How to solve this issue? I ...
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How to limit the normal users from accessing registry, group policy etc?
I own the admin account of my PC running, Windows XP Pro edition. There is another Non-admin account in this system. I want to limit the administrative capabilities of this account. That is, to ...
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How to detect DoS attacks / manually block IP on Ubuntu?
I have a VPS with Ubuntu. I host a small website (~10 visitors at the same time). Sometimes the website starts lagging. It lags so bad that my SSH connection starts lagging too. Running top says that ...
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User computer won't run exes and internet Explorer unless run as admin
I am having a problem with a computer running Windows 7 on our domain. This computer will not run internet Explorer correctly, for example using citrix addon.
Also when I tried installing .exe's ...
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Is There A Way To Allow Permanent Admin Rights To An Application In Windows 7?
I usually rar/zip files with Winrar, but today when i was archiving files on drive C:/ got this message:
I suppose this is because the application does not have sufficient rights to rar/zip ...
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Windows 7 manage accounts
I have two different computers running windows 7 ultimate.
Each computer has its own user accounts (both Administrators on the local computer).
I try to figure how can I give an administrator ...
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Limit user access to home folder in Linux [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Limit every user to his own home folder only
I have a web server running 10.04 LTS and as a newbie in the world of server administration, I'm in a bind.
I would kindly ...
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Vista won't let me save a backup of applicationHost.config
I am trying to make some changes in the applicationHost.config file on Windows Vista, and an important step is to back the file up in case I screw it up. Well, it won't let me save a copy in the
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Set OS X application preference to stop prompting for admin password
I am trying to write an applescript that sends some actions to an application (specifically waterroof). The problem is, the application periodically asks me for the admin password when I open the ...
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Get Windows To Remember Recent Admin Auth?
Ubuntu remembers one has recently authorized admin access (Sudo and Gksu at least) to avoid the need to repeatedly auth.
Is this possible in Windows?
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Is there a way to view user tracks in Windows 7?
If I'm the administrator of my computer can I view for example if someone opened a file, used a program, visited a website or did some action?
In other words is there a way to monitor the complete ...
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How to get access to user\APPDATA\LOCAL folder in Windows 7
We are building an application for Windows 7 that creates some data files that the user will occasionally want to review and a log file that we might need for support. Our first version is writing ...
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rebuilding raid array (rocket raid 1740)
so my rocketraid 1740 controller has 4 connectors ..
i set it up with raid 5.
drive on port 4 failed, but it comes back online after computer reboots. array saw this, and started to rebuild the ...
