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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Why do I need to run commands as administrator if my account is member of administrator group?
If my account is already a member of the administrator group why do some functions on Windows 7 require me to run them as administator? I kind of thought that was implied?
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How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?
I am using Windows 8 Enterprise on my development machine. Most of the time, I need full administrator for debugging, changing system files, etc.
In Windows 7, setting UAC to "never notify" would ...
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Run As Administrator Shortcut Without Password Prompt
I have installed a program on Windows 7 that needs Admin rights to run properly. When running on Windows XP; I used the runas command with the savecred switch to create a shortcut that opened the ...
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How to always run as administrator applications on Windows 8
The problem is, when I open applications I need to always right click, select run as admin.
When I don't do it getting unexpected application errors. BTW, I turned off UAC.
It's annoying. Is ...
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Remove administrator password? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows: How to reset the administrator password?
Is it possible to remove the administrator's password on an XP machine?
There is no option/link in user settings as ...
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On Windows 7, is there a command prompt line that can start cmd as an administrator?
On Linux, we can use
sudo bash
to run a shell as the superuser.
On Windows 7, we can use
Start menu -> (in search box, type) cmd -> Right click on search result and choose Run as Administrator
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Drag and Drop File into Application under run as administrator
Whenever I have an application running (Visual Studio 2008, Notepad, etc.) under "Run as Administrator", I cannot drag and drop files from Windows Explorer into the application.
I've tried running ...
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How to run program from command line with elevated rights
I wonder if exists a way how to run program or command with elevated rights when I am already in non-elevated command line. Exactly the same action that would be performed when I click on the program ...
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restricting access to volumes disk even for admin account windows
I am running windows 7 x64.
I am sharing my PC with a brother who plays a lot of games and runs all kinds of questionable programs that might have trojans, etc. A lot of that software needs admin ...
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How to always launch vs.net as administrator
I need vs.net to always run as administrator.
I can't click on .sln files because it won't run as administrator.
So I have to manually click on the vs.net icon, run as administrator, and THEN open a ...
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Easiest way to get right-click “Open command window here” with admin priveleges in Windows 7
I don't want to install PowerToys, I'd rather a simpler solution for this specific problem.
I've tried Ctrl+Shift+Right-Click.
I've tried adding a registry script, but I get the following error:
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Always elevated administrative rights in Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?
I always used Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1) with User Account Control completely turned off - the slider in the ...
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Windows with Full Control to Everyone for Everything
Similar to sudo chmod -R 777 /, but for Windows 7. A customer decided he hated the prompts for administrators to continue, so he gave himself Full Control for the Everyone group on Windows 7. Now, ...
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Windows 7 “Run as Administrator” when already an Administrator [duplicate]
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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What is 'Run as Administrator' in Windows 7?
On my Windows 7 machine, I am an administrator. I see, when I right click an app, it has an option Run as Administrator. What does this mean?
Also, if I am logged in as administrator, what ...
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Why is it bad to run as root?
I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. ...
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Is there a way to crack the windows Administrator password in Linux (using the SAM file) WITHOUT resetting it?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 on a USB bootstick. Chntpw is installed as well. Are there any programs available which will crack the password?
EDIT: I understand now that a SAM file contains hashes, which ...
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Log in as the Administrator?
A window that says "You must log in as the administrator to run this program" has appeared when attempting to run a piece of software.
How do I log in as the administrator so that this program can ...
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How to edit the hosts in Windows 7?
I would like to add an address to the hosts file. I am running Windows 7 (Hebrew edition), and I am the system administrator.
I have tried the command notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts to ...
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Windows 7 locked on admin account which doesn't have a password enabled
Windows 7 Ultimate seems to be locked. I recall having cygwin & firefox running, Adobe updates were installing, then all freezing... I have manually killed some processes in the Task Bar, but it ...
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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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Batch file - start program with admin rights
I have a .bat file in my startup folder:
d:
cd\
cd TrueCrypt
truecrypt /ll /p "" /q /v d:\MYO
Is there a way to start TrueCrypt with admin right?
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How do I troubleshoot the sound card?
My system was running fine, but I occasionally noticed that the sound output is "glitchy" and I decided to add a sound card. A friend gave me his old sound card from a system he is throwing away. I ...
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Windows Admin Privileges Required After Install
I installed VirtualBox on Windows 7 from an EXE without admin privileges, but now I can't do the following unless I provide admin credentials on my system:
Change/disable Host-only adapter installed ...
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1answer
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How to get back-to-work with a Windows 7 PC that has no admin account?
I have a PC which doesn't have the Administrator account active and the only user account left is a Guest user. I want to get back the admin account but I don't know how to do that with a guest user.
...
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Win 7, protect folder with two admins
I'm sharing a pc with my friend and we need to set up two admin accounts to use properly the pc. We have Win 7. The problem right now is that the first admin can view the folders content of the second ...
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Change environment variables as standard user (Windows 7)
When clicking on "Advanced system settings", I need to login as the administrator and hence only edit the administrators environment variables (in addition to the machine wide ones). How do I edit the ...
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Windows 7 - Cached Network Share Credentials?
I have an issue in Windows 7 where I get the following error message when attempting to access an admin network share on a machine in another domain:
"Multiple connections to a server or shared ...
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Run task manager as another user (admin)
Is it possible to run the Windows Task Manager as another user, i.e. as an admin? Our users run with limited privileges, so it would be helpful if I could task manager as an administrator to kill a ...
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Delete hiberfil.sys on Windows 7
Ok, so I know what hiberfil.sys is, and I want to use hibernation on my laptop.
But I have another hard drive active in my laptop, it's taken from my old one... and I want to get rid of the ...
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What are the desktop.ini files for?
My desktop has two hidden .ini files:
desktop.ini (370 bytes):
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799
[LocalizedFileNames]
Microsoft Office - 60 Day ...
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how to run a command with admin priviledges when I don't have admin account on my Win7 computer
I am trying to open cmd with admin priviledges. That's because when executing a command I received a message that I don't have sufficient priviledges to run this command (mklink).
The problem is that ...
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Administrator account in Windows Vista
I have a Windows Vista (Home Premium) machine with a unique user for which the owner forgot the password. I have physical access to the machine.
I gave a try to Ophcrack Live CD, but it couldn't find ...
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How can I re-enable the web interface of a dd-wrt router with no SSH or telnet connection?
I accidentally disabled my D-link router's web interface. I installed dd-wrt firmware on it. The router's SSH and telnet connections are disabled. I don't want to reset the router.
How can I enable ...
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runas with administrator privileges
I'm having some problems with running the command prompt with administrator privileges.
I'm use this command, to run as a specific user:
runas /user:DOMAIN\MYUSER cmd
The user DOMAIN\MYUSER is ...
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Having a shortcut run with administrator permissions (win 7)
Someimtes, On Windows 7, it's not enough to have the user be an administrator, you need to run programs specifically with administrative rights. You do this by right clicking on the icon, and ...
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How to start WampServer without providing administrator privileges?
I just set up Dexpot to start WampServer automatically when I enter a new desktop. The problem is that I've hidden my taskbar, and WampServer needs administrative rights. So I have to use Alt-Tab to ...
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Is it possible run CMD.exe as Admin -AND- Start In a different partition?
There are many questions on running CMD.exe as admin on Windows 7, however none of them appear to include a different "Start In" directory / partition.
I can start a command prompt in a different ...
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Running Excel 2007 as admin on Windows 7 causes “There was a problem sending the command to the program”
I am running Excel 2007 on Windows 7 64-bit. I need to run Excel as administrator so I have the "Run as Administrator" box in the Excel shortcut checked.
Now, when I try to open an Excel file by ...
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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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How do I elevate permissions from within a batch script in Windows 7 or 2008? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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How can I run commands in PowerShell with Administrator permissions?
I would like to run commands in PowerShell with Administrator permissions? How can I do that?
I have tried to start PowerShell with the runas command, but PowerShell is closed immediately after I ...
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How do I set up a desktop shortcut to a batch file which will run as administrator
I want the batch file to run and launch some programs, all of which need to be at administrator level.
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Vista: can't touchpad scroll properly in apps that are “run as administrator”
In some apps that I run as administrator in Vista, scrolling with the touchpad only works in one direction (depending on the app). Scrolling with an external mouse works just fine. When not run as ...
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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 can I prevent an admin user from bypassing K9 Web Protection
Problem: It is super easy to bypass K9 Web Protection by renaming a file in the Windows\System32 directory in Windows 7.
Question: How do I prevent an admin user from renaming said file in said ...
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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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Why does Windows 7 make me click a button when I turn it on?
I have removed the password for my admin account on Windows 7. Now when I turn the machine on, I have to click a button with my name underneath it — representing the admin account — to log ...
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sniffer like wireshark or wpepro with no wcap/admin rights but portable [closed]
is there a tool like this ?
sniffer like wireshark or wpepro with no wcap/admin rights but portable
for example the snifer only has to take the packets that i get in iexplorer
