A type of user account on an operating system which will typically allow all functions to be performed to a computer, including (but not limited to) the creation and restriction of user accounts, installing software or drivers, or changing operating system options.
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If a Windows cmd.exe is running with elevated privileges does anything I execute from its prompt also run with elevated privileges?
If my cmd.exe Window says "Administrator" in the title bar, indicating it was started with elevated privileges, does this mean anything I execute from this command window is also run with elevated ...
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Add another system admin on Linux
I am root user in my Linux system. I want to add another system admin and let him/her to help to do the admin job. What privilege should I design for that role (sysadmin)?
What is the different ...
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Start an app from command line with Admin Privileges [duplicate]
In unix you can sudo ... if you want to do something that requires elevated permissions. Is there a windows equivalent? In cmd I can type regedit to open the registry editor, but is there any way to ...
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URGENT - Office Laptop - Bluetooth Headset Installed Not Connecting [closed]
recently bought an Iball base09 bluetooth headset. which i am trying since 3days to install on my office laptop which is blocked with ADMIN PASSWORD all over.
IT guy from office installed all the ...
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Change Admin password on windows 7 without system error 5 [duplicate]
I created an Admin account on the Pc at home , so that I can use Parental Controls and stuff ( for my kids) but wasn't using it .Now I forgot the Password.
I have been following some tutorials ...
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Server Computer is not listed in My Network places
The server computer is not listed in my network places, when I opened the network from the client computer. We are using Windows 2003 Server and all other client computer installed Windows 7 64-bit. ...
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How to start a de-elevated cmd from admin command prompt
I have an administrator command prompt. I'd like to load another command prompt from here without administrator priveledges.
I'm pretty sure its some usage of 'runas' but I can't find the ...
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Windows 8 administrator's account permissions have been reduced to guest's account
Some reason I am unable to do simple tasks like change time or uninstall a program.
Here is the list of user accounts:
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How can I force file association update without admin rights on win7?
On windows 7 I previously used Foo\notepad++.exe to open .txt files, now that has been deleted and I want to use Bar\notepad++.exe. When I use the Windows OpenWith menu option on a .txt file and ...
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How to check if given Windows XP SP2 dll library is proper one?
How to check if given Windows XP SP2 dll library is proper one ? I have to fix some problem with Windows XP SP2 system, where two dll was manualy replaced (not by me): comctl32.dll and wmploc.dll, are ...
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Windows 7 Administrator user doesn't have Admin rights
On windows 7, I have a user account of the 'administrator' type. However, whenever I try to do anything that only admins can do (ie: run a few cmd commands), I receive a message that I don't have the ...
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I can't start Windows Explorer without administrative privileges
I can't start File Explorer Task without administrative privileges in Windows 8, but if I start it with admin privileges (http://imgdepo.ru/id/i3612102), I can't open Windows 8 Apps, and it shows:
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How to recover Windows 8 authenticated users access if denied for a particular folder
I've got Windows 8 and trying to restrict access to a particular folder on my D: drive for other user accounts, and set permissions for the authenticated user group in security tab as denied. Now I ...
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What are the differences in permissions between domain admin on member computer and local admin?
I am having an installation issue with a custom written add-in for Outlook. If I am logged in as the domain admin on the PC I can install the program without seeing a UAC prompt and the installation ...
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Cannot do anything that requires admin privileges in Windows 8
It started after I was prompted to restart my computer by Windows 8 (it tried to repair disk errors). Than it asked me in Action Centre to setup a password. And now I can't open anything; cannot even ...
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wget don't retrieve complete html [closed]
I tried using wget from a machine and got the index.php file. when I try the same from production server I could not get the whole file,I get partial html.I could get complete html from other ...
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multiple users of the same name in windows 7
Recently while going through the users folder in my C: drive, I found out that I had an extra user which I had not created but had the same name as the name of a existing user on my pc, with a little ...
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Running unidentified developer Applications as a Non-administrator
I am used to Windows but recently got a macbook air (OS X) from school and want to make it full featured without having to reformat, reset/recreate admin, etc.
They have it restricted pretty hard ...
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passwords, vpn, root access, what happens if I die? [duplicate]
I work with two partners/friends and I'm the one who takes care of all the tech stuffs here.
I hired consultants, programmers and each of them have parts of the credentials. But turns out I'm the only ...
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Start/stop services from command prompt under non Administrator user, but belonging to administrators group
I have a WIN7 computer with user which is in Administrator group. Let's call it MyUser.
UAC turned ON.
I have several services launched under local system.
When I'm trying to start or stop these ...
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How to start design “Disaster Recovery” plan for my company?
Recently, some disaster happened in my company, server crash, data erased.
Is there a good Disaster Recovery plan that I can follow?
Any suggestion would be great help.
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Zimbra Default Admin Console
What is the default address to get to a Zimbra Admin Console? Any default ports too?
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Admin Permission and USer Permission
I have 2 problems on this:
Folder A has permitted Administrator and UserA to access the folder. )
Everytime i log on to another user, it can access the Folder A.
Any Permissions i set for ...
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Windows XP program crash boxes for any user are all shown to Administrators
I have an interesting problem with a Windows XP setup involving "users" with restricted access rights and "Administrators" with full system access.
If a program crashes for a user, the standard crash ...
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Windows CHM file only displays images for Administrator
I installed some software on my Windows 2000 machine. The software has a user manual in .CHM format. When I view the manual while logged in as Administrator, everything looks fine. The manual has ...
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Alternate User profile without internet access
I want to use two user profiles in Windows 7, the default one should have internet access, and the other should not get any chance to access internet. He should be able to access all the files but ...
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Restrict admin shares
My users need local admin rights but I'd like to restrict the admin shares (c$) to domain admins only. I was reading about adding nt authority\interactive to the local administrator group, but i don't ...
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Is it possible for an administrator install a program remotely in the background of Windows 7 with the admin share?
For example, I have Kaspersky. I can remotely install it and it runs a setup package. It does this all in the background, first copying its files to that admin share admin$.
Is it possible or is ...
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Windows 8 privilege issue [duplicate]
I'm trying to delete some folder on windows 8 but I can't he show this message You should have administrator privilege to delete this folder my Windows account is admin and i got all privilege on this ...
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Stop elevated permissions on windows 8 home [duplicate]
When logged in as an administrator, I would like everything I do to be automatically elevated without additional hassle. Is there a way to make windows 8 stop asking for elevated permissions on the ...
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How to know group administator in linux
I saw that: sudo gpasswd -A <admin-name> <group-name> can set Admin for a group and a group can have more than one Admin.
How can I show all Admins of a group if it doesn't even show in ...
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How can I make my keyboard's media keys work when an elevated program has focus?
When I hit my media keys when using Visual Studio 2010 normally, they control Media Player Classic just fine. When I launch VS2010 with elevated privileges, I have to select another program in order ...
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Permissions warning when running an .exe flash file in Windows 7 [duplicate]
I have a flash .exe file generated from adobe_captivate5.5. I tried to run that file in windows 7, but I get this error:
My account has administrative privilege. If I right click and select Run as ...
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To enable the administrator account from the standard user account [duplicate]
I have exactly the same problem as was already described (by Rajendra Rathore): "... I removed my user account from administrators group and my default administrator account was disabled by default. ...
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Win7 set write permission for user without read access
I want to set for user write permission without access to read what inside in folder. Is it possible?
User will be able to drag files in folder and cant look what inside.
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Dual OS configuration [duplicate]
I have installed windows and Linux(ubuntu) on the same machine. Now the problem is when I start my machine, It directly goes to Linux and not asking me for the selection of OS either I want to load ...
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How to load $mft by UltraEdit?
I'm the administrator of my OS(Win8), and have ownership and full control permission to all files in C drive. Besides I have turned off the LUA.
However, when I tended to open C:\$mft by UE I got a ...
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Is there Windows 7 Run as Administrator fix for Outlook?
I have excel 2010 report which has a script that runs automatically emails report via outlook 2010 but it will only work if I have Outlook open via right click and Run as Administrator.
Is there a ...
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UNetBootin without admin rights?
Is it possible to run UNetBootin without admin privileges? I downloaded it then did chmod +x and then tried to run it with ./ but then a window popped up prompting for admin password. Is it not even ...
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Windows can't find Desktop path/profile after Hard Drive Repair
My laptop was affected by power shortage. After that it tried to fix the Hard Drive and after three hours, it booted and I logged in, But I see and error message saying that path ...
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How to make “COM1” not accessible for non-administrators?
Under Windows, the access rights of any file can be changed at the administrator's will.
Provided that a process started by a non-administrator, the process called CreateFile("com1", ...); to open ...
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Run as administrator from command line on Windows 8
I am trying to run Notepad as admin so I can edit my hosts file from the command line.
I have tried runas /user:(myusername)\administrator "notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" I then input ...
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Override Network Administration Settings
Is there a way to override settings set by a network administrator for Windows? I'm having all kinds of problems updating and sharing WiFi because it's "been disabled by the network administrator."
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Recover a user password on Windows Server 2008
Quick question. Is there a way to recover (find out) a users password on Windows Server 2008. I am logged in as admin and I know there are ways to reset passwords, just need to know if I can find out ...
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Access denied to a file no matter what I do
I encountered a strange problem today.
When compiling a C++ project using a Makefile, I generate a file called temp.log.
It contains info about warnings should they be printed.
However, I accidentally ...
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How to turn off “Always run as administrator” Windows 8?
I followed these instructions (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12257110/can-you-force-visual-studio-to-always-run-as-an-administrator-in-windows-8) to force my Visual Studio 2012 to always run as ...
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Should I take ownership of my root partition in Windows (8)?
The Windows File "Security" very often aggravates me. In the most enraging situations an application that I normally started (although actually my main/only account is an administrator) doesn't work ...
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Post reboot of RHEL6.3 is not working
I configured RAID 0 on IBM System X server and tried installing RHEL6.3 but after installing the packages once it reboots it wont be able to complete the installation(stuck @ grub loader each time). I ...
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How to disable USB access for Users group
I want to restrict access of USB ports for all users who belong to Users group in Windows 7 without using any third party software. Any help will be highly appreciated.
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Where are the userspecific windows themes saved?
I have a user account named "Paedow". On this account I saved a Windows Theme with wallpaper and sounds and so on...
Now I logged on as "Administrator". I have full access to every file on the ...
