Questions tagged [administrator]

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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Reopen SublimeText as Administrator

Is there a SublimeText plugin that reopens the current file as Administrator? Notepad++ has a feature where, if you open a file and don't have the permissions to edit it, but try and save, it will ...
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Run software as admin user, but in the current user context

Here is my situation: I have a single software that demands admin rights. That software needs to be run by commom users. Right-clicking and "Run as administrator" does not do the trick, therefore I ...
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Why am I consistently getting "insufficient privileges" when trying to install BlueStacks?

I've run the installer as administrator. I've went to the Start Menu folder, the Programs folder, and Windows Live folder all individually and edited the Security tab so that ALL users have 100% ...
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How to set the order in which administrative accounts are offered in UAC prompts?

I have installed Windows 10 Enterprise 1909 on several of my PCs. For my daily work, I am using an account which is not in the Administrators group. This means that I am running into UAC prompts quite ...
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Windows 10 administrator account

Why does Windows 10 warn me that a program "can't be opened using the built-in administrator account" when I am logged in under a different (non-built-in) administrator account?
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PsExec error - "Couldn't install PSEXESVC service: Access is denied

I've done a lot of research into this problem and still haven't found a solution. I wrote a powershell script that uses psexec to activate another one on a file share using a p2p network. I keep ...
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Why is the OOBEKEYBOARD / OOBEREGION bug fixed (or worked around) by enabling the default administrator account?

MS has some (nonworking) advice for working around this issue here. In my experience, you can click "try again" until you're blue in the face, it will never work. The real workaround that ...
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System Error 5 even as Administrator

I'm having some problems** with Microsoft Security Essentials on my Windows 7 machine. I'm therefore following the guide on this page to uninstall it. I get to the second heading under Step 2 ("Stop ...
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What privelges do I need to run wlan report on windows 10

I have started a powershell/cmd session with admin priveledges and run netsh wlan show wlanreport but it tells me that You must run this command from a command prompt with administrator privilege. ...
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Starting python with cmd error: Unsupported 16-bit application

I'm having trouble running python scripts from my cmd and run environment. I get an error about an unsupported 16-bit application. After some trial and error I noticed that calling 'py.exe' which ...
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Administration rights lost

I appear to no longer be an administrator. When I try to change anything I get the message "...is managed by your system administrator". Can anyone help me get my status back? (I'm using win10).
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Set priority of process in Windows 10 - access denied

In Windows 10 after loading Task Manager you have to click the Details tab to see the processes, not the Processes tab, but now when I right-click a process, click Set priority and choose low, I get ...
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How can I set a program to run as Admin when opening from file?

Ok, I need to get a little into the nitty-gritty of the registry, so here's what I got and what I want. I'm using a little Word add-in which converts latin letters to cyrillic ones, straight ...
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Error running software installer as administrator

I'm trying to install .NET 4.6.1 on a user's computer, but when I start the installer -- even with "Run as administrator" -- it fails to the message "This security ID may not be ...
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Batch file won't run as administrator unless via cmd prompt

I'm trying to write a batch file that will turn Apache off and copy some files. This is all I have in the script at the moment: "C:\Apache24\bin\httpd.exe" -k stop If I either run the batch file ...
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How to change default shell for a network user?

I am working with Ubuntu and I would like to change my default shell to z shell. I cannot use the chsh -s /bin/zsh or chsh-s /bin/sh myuser command since my user name does not exist in /etc/passwd and ...
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How to automatically run an app as administrator and make its UI visible to non-admin users under Windows 8

I have found many examples of how to get apps to automatically start and run (without UAC prompting), but have not managed to find one that allows the app's UI to be visible to a non-admin account. ...
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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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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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remove current profile from Windows 7 explorer.exe?

Thanks very much for the discussion about removing unwanted folder-views from Windows 7 explorer.exe via reg edits. I've cleaned up my Nav pane quite a bit and am much happier. There is one ...
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File Writing in C:\ drive

So, I understand that files cannot be created or deleted without administrator privileges in the C:\ drive. My question is like this : If a directory in the C:\ drive is entered... say Program Files, ...
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Changing the IP of a network adapter without admin rights as the restricted user

I’m a member of a company where computers are lend to workers without admin rights. Due to my specific hiring situation, despite being part of an area where "we" don't require changing IP ...
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How to create a PowerShell script that connects to multiple services and produce a single output?

I am new to PowerShell and Teams Admin Centre so I appreciate any assistance and feedback that you can provide. I am trying to create a script that collects Teams data from (1) Get-UnifiedGroup and ...
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Windows AD event to detect new administrator user

I would like to know which event ID can be monitored in order to check if an existing user or a new one become administrator. I search for 4720 and 4738 event IDs but the information displayed in the ...
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Boot VM from USB on Windows host without admin rights

I have a Linux installed on a USB flash drive, and I'd like, when I only have access to a Windows machine with no access to boot order and no admin rights, to be able to boot from my USB drive with a ...
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Effect of running a batch filed as admin on included programs

Windows 10. I have a batch file that contains a number of start xyz to start various programs. Some of those programs must be run in admin mode. If I create a shortcut to a batch file and set the ...
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How to completely reset drive permissions

I've made the fatal and stupid mistake of messing around with permissions. Specifically, I added a deny Write rule for administrators to my C: drive. In my efforts to revert this change I have ...
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How can I use touchpad gestures in administrator mode?

I have a Surface Book 2 running Windows 10 April 2018 update (1803). I have set up three finger swipes left/right as Navigation Back/Forward. This works fine in apps like VS Code when I am running as ...
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After I moved files from my hard disk to my new folder from help of geek squad, my administator's folder name is changed, how do I changed it back?

So my old laptop crashed, and I was lucky enough to get a new laptop with no cost. With help from geek squad, they were able to moved all the files from my old laptop to my new laptop. The username ...
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Ubuntu GCC Version error in libgfortran

$ lsb_release -a Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial $ gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 5.4.0 20160609 I've just updated R ...
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Lost Administrator Password of a HP Pro X2 612 G1 with 64-bit Windows 8.1 installed

I've just bought a HP Pro x2 G1 and only have the user name and password. I am trying to update and download new drivers but can't because it keeps asking for the admin name and password. The user ...
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windows 10 task manager startup disable button is greyed out

windows 10 task manager startup disable button is greyed out but this is understandable as I am a standard user. I want to disable startup item from task manager. but the button is disabled. and ...
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Run .exe file as administrator and save credentials

I am privileged administrator on domain environment. Domain user to do his work, have to run as administrator and I must type my domain login and password. How can I do that save my credential in ...
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Command ping -c 1 localhost requires admin EVEN if run as admin

I've written a program that makes ip addresses, and I'm trying to ping the IP addresses to find out if they are false or true. When I use the command ping -c 1 <ip> it tells me Access ...
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Issues setting the local admin account password to not allowed to be changed

I need to be able to set a local admin account with the /passwordchg:No option in windows. I have soon found out that Windows 10 have disabled this feature and I have tried multiple different ways to ...
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Windows 7 Jenkins installation with admin rights says insufficient privileges to start services

I tried to install Jenkins on Windows 7 home edition and got the following error. Service 'Jenkins' (Jenkins) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services. I ...
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Always launch Windows Command Prompt as an administrator

In Windows 10, how do I always launch Windows Command Prompt with administrator privileges? Is there a keyboard shortcut to launch Commmand Prompt in such a way? I am not looking to go to the Start ...
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No admin privileges at all. Windows 8 64bit

So there's this computer which has two accounts on it: A regular one (with password and I know the password) An administrator (without password). You can't access or modify anything related to admin ...
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how to run bat file as administrator automatically from a non-admin account

My work account is a non-admin but I have the admin password. I need to run a .bat file as admin automatically when windows starts from my non-admin account. I couldn't figure out how to feed in the ...
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Win7/8: When starting any link as administrator, it ignores the "Start in" setting

There are some workarounds out there to start cmd.exe as administrator in a specific path. But the problem persists for any link. For example, when starting MatLab it changes to the path in the "Start ...
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OSX Server - My Administrator password expired?

In our office we run an OSX Server (10.7.5). Today I needed to log onto the server to adjust some settings. I attempted to use Apple's Remote Desktop tool as I usually do. When attempting to connect ...
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How to check when administrator rights are being used and by who?

How to check in windows 7 when administrator rights are being used and by who? Does system even track this? To clarify my question: I don't want to know who has Administrator rights but when rights ...
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Grant local admin rights for period of time (e.g. 15 minutes)

Is there a way in Windows 7 to grant admin rights for a specified period of time (e.g. 15 minutes)? I normally operate as a normal user, but I have a local admin account for installations and other ...
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Windows 7 Scheduled Task with alternate credentials - Admin

I have a scheduled task on a win 7 box that runs under alternate permissions. The account that created the scheduled task was a local admin on the PC, but now the company is removing accounts from ...
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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 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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Run shutdown script as Administrator on Windows XP

I've written a script using Ninite Pro to update the installed Applications on the Windows XP pro Client. Unfortunately it has no administrator privileges, is there a way to run a shutdown script as ...
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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 Windows?...
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Allow Non Administrator User To Launch iTunes When Another User Already Has iTunes Open

On My Windows 7 machine I have two user accounts, one Admin account for myself and one regular account for my wife. Both of us use iTunes to manage our separate music libraries and Apple devices. ...
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Hosed Windows 7 permissons

Here is the most interesting thing I've noticed since the problems started: If I go into a control panel/system module (in this case the Resource Monitor) that has a "Check Online" type ...
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