Devastating "administrator account" problem

Posted: 01-18-2008, 04:06 PM

Slappywag

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Hi there. My name is John and I am running Vista Ultimate 64-bit
edition.

I'm terribly sorry if this isn't in the right place but I am desperate
to find a fix to this devastating problem.

I am the only user on my computer. I am the administrator. I have UAC
disabled.

When running certain programs however I get a message telling me that I
need to be Administrator to run this program. It has happened a couple
of times but I haven't really paid attention to it due to it being
resolved automatically or me not really caring.

I try the "run as administrator" option, but it doesn't change
anything.

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george301

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Re: Devastating "administrator account" problem

Posted: 01-19-2008, 04:05 AM

Windows vista does that on some programs I have to right click on it
then run it as Admin. that is the way vista runs programs that need
admin rights even if you are logged in as admin.

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Re: Devastating "administrator account" problem

Posted: 03-14-2008, 03:06 AM

"george301" wrote:

>
> Windows vista does that on some programs I have to right click on it
> then run it as Admin. that is the way vista runs programs that need
> admin rights even if you are logged in as admin.
>
>
> --
> george301
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
> I also have a problem with my admin abilitys it seems that when ever i try to access something that requires my permission as admin the screen darkens like normal but no box shows up for me to allow it to run and i am in desperate need of help on this because of what i need to do on my computer

Brink

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Re: Devastating "administrator account" problem

Posted: 03-14-2008, 03:52 AM

> "george301" wrote:
> >
> > Windows vista does that on some programs I have to right click on it
> > then run it as Admin. that is the way vista runs programs that need
> > admin rights even if you are logged in as admin.
> >
> >
> > --
> > george301
> > Posted via 'Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads'
> (http://www.vistaheads.com/)
> >
> > JoeFair;646079 Wrote:
> > I also have a problem with my admin abilitys it seems that when ever i
> > try to access something that requires my permission as admin the screen
> > darkens like normal but no box shows up for me to allow it to run and i
> > am in desperate need of help on this because of what i need to do on my
> > computer> >

Hi Joe,

Do you have a tab button, could be flashing, for the UAC prompt to
select on the taskbar? It may be just be hidden behind another window.

Shawn

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george301

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Re: Devastating "administrator account" problem

Posted: 03-17-2008, 02:25 AM

I know that Vista does ask you to run certain programs as Administrator
try right clicking on the program and click on run as adiministrator.
went through that expirence on mine, hope this help

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