Adminitrator rights

> What folders can you not save to? If you mean some like Documents amd
> Settings, they are not real folders, they are called junctions and are used
> to interface legacy programs. Also there are two levels of administrator.
> Some things must be elevated to work, normally by selecting "Run as
> administrator".
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "TrishO" wrote:
>

> > I have trawled through all the posts, and found one or two that I thought
> > might answer my question, but alas no. Problem seems to be the same but no
> > solution.
> >
> > I am getting an error message to say that I do not have administrator rights
> > to save into certain folders or to put in unlock codes into new programs. My
> > logon has administrator rights. How do I move forward with this? I am
> > getting totally frustrated by not being able to use this new laptop in the
> > way I want to. And if I cannot unlock programs that I am legally entitled to
> > use, then Vista is overstepping its mark in my opinion. Security or no, we
> > need to draw the line somewhere.
> >
> > Any help gratefully received.

> If I try to save a photo in the My Pictures folder, I am told I don't have
> rights. At the moment my biggest problem is that I have a photo editing
> program that I cannot use, as I have to put in an unlock code, and I get a
> message to say that I don't have sufficient privileges to do this, to log out
> and log back in as administrator! So how do I give myself sufficient
> privileges to be able to use my laptop properly?
>
> "PaulB" wrote:
>

> > What folders can you not save to? If you mean some like Documents amd
> > Settings, they are not real folders, they are called junctions and are used
> > to interface legacy programs. Also there are two levels of administrator.
> > Some things must be elevated to work, normally by selecting "Run as
> > administrator".
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > "TrishO" wrote:
> >

> > > I have trawled through all the posts, and found one or two that I thought
> > > might answer my question, but alas no. Problem seems to be the same but no
> > > solution.
> > >
> > > I am getting an error message to say that I do not have administrator rights
> > > to save into certain folders or to put in unlock codes into new programs. My
> > > logon has administrator rights. How do I move forward with this? I am
> > > getting totally frustrated by not being able to use this new laptop in the
> > > way I want to. And if I cannot unlock programs that I am legally entitled to
> > > use, then Vista is overstepping its mark in my opinion. Security or no, we
> > > need to draw the line somewhere.
> > >
> > > Any help gratefully received.

> Ther is no folder called My Pictures in VISTA it is just Pictures. Try right
> clicking on the Photo editing program shorcut and select "Run as
> administrator"
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "TrishO" wrote:
>

> > If I try to save a photo in the My Pictures folder, I am told I don't have
> > rights. At the moment my biggest problem is that I have a photo editing
> > program that I cannot use, as I have to put in an unlock code, and I get a
> > message to say that I don't have sufficient privileges to do this, to log out
> > and log back in as administrator! So how do I give myself sufficient
> > privileges to be able to use my laptop properly?
> >
> > "PaulB" wrote:
> >

> > > What folders can you not save to? If you mean some like Documents amd
> > > Settings, they are not real folders, they are called junctions and are used
> > > to interface legacy programs. Also there are two levels of administrator.
> > > Some things must be elevated to work, normally by selecting "Run as
> > > administrator".
> > > --
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > "TrishO" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have trawled through all the posts, and found one or two that I thought
> > > > might answer my question, but alas no. Problem seems to be the same but no
> > > > solution.
> > > >
> > > > I am getting an error message to say that I do not have administrator rights
> > > > to save into certain folders or to put in unlock codes into new programs. My
> > > > logon has administrator rights. How do I move forward with this? I am
> > > > getting totally frustrated by not being able to use this new laptop in the
> > > > way I want to. And if I cannot unlock programs that I am legally entitled to
> > > > use, then Vista is overstepping its mark in my opinion. Security or no, we
> > > > need to draw the line somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > Any help gratefully received.

> Sorry, slip of the tongue as it where! Thanks for the advice. I have
> managed to put in the code.
>
> "PaulB" wrote:
>

> > Ther is no folder called My Pictures in VISTA it is just Pictures. Try right
> > clicking on the Photo editing program shorcut and select "Run as
> > administrator"
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > "TrishO" wrote:
> >

> > > If I try to save a photo in the My Pictures folder, I am told I don't have
> > > rights. At the moment my biggest problem is that I have a photo editing
> > > program that I cannot use, as I have to put in an unlock code, and I get a
> > > message to say that I don't have sufficient privileges to do this, to log out
> > > and log back in as administrator! So how do I give myself sufficient
> > > privileges to be able to use my laptop properly?
> > >
> > > "PaulB" wrote:
> > >
> > > > What folders can you not save to? If you mean some like Documents amd
> > > > Settings, they are not real folders, they are called junctions and are used
> > > > to interface legacy programs. Also there are two levels of administrator.
> > > > Some things must be elevated to work, normally by selecting "Run as
> > > > administrator".
> > > > --
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "TrishO" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have trawled through all the posts, and found one or two that I thought
> > > > > might answer my question, but alas no. Problem seems to be the same but no
> > > > > solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am getting an error message to say that I do not have administrator rights
> > > > > to save into certain folders or to put in unlock codes into new programs. My
> > > > > logon has administrator rights. How do I move forward with this? I am
> > > > > getting totally frustrated by not being able to use this new laptop in the
> > > > > way I want to. And if I cannot unlock programs that I am legally entitled to
> > > > > use, then Vista is overstepping its mark in my opinion. Security or no, we
> > > > > need to draw the line somewhere.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help gratefully received.