run as administrator

Posted: 03-04-2007, 03:42 PM

JanZientek

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I upgraded to Vista about a month ago, installed Office 2007 and everything
worked pretty well until yesterday. I turned on the system and as it booted
there was a message about needing to checkdisk. Then for the next 5/10
mintues there was a message informing me that invalid security IDs had to be
replaced on files ...and the screen scrolled through thousands of files.
When I was finally able to log on to my account (which was the administrator
account from the time I upgraded) I found I had lost access to all of my
files (docs, music, etc.) and now needed to choose to run Outlook as an
administrator for it to work. (Prior to yesterday, all I needed to do was
click on the Outlook icon in my toolbar to open the program and retreive
mail.)

Anybody have an idea of what happened? How can I have the system recognize
my user account as the administrator? (It is a step backward to have to now
right click and select "run as administrator" to use Outlook 2007.)

Jan

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Kerry Brown

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Re: run as administrator

Posted: 03-04-2007, 09:58 PM

Check the event logs for disk related errors. It sounds like a bad sector in
the wrong spot on the hard drive.

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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

"JanZientek" <JanZientek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B691088-744E-4412-B09C-80F8403B87D2@microsoft.com...

>I upgraded to Vista about a month ago, installed Office 2007 and everything
> worked pretty well until yesterday. I turned on the system and as it
> booted
> there was a message about needing to checkdisk. Then for the next 5/10
> mintues there was a message informing me that invalid security IDs had to
> be
> replaced on files ...and the screen scrolled through thousands of files.
> When I was finally able to log on to my account (which was the
> administrator
> account from the time I upgraded) I found I had lost access to all of my
> files (docs, music, etc.) and now needed to choose to run Outlook as an
> administrator for it to work. (Prior to yesterday, all I needed to do was
> click on the Outlook icon in my toolbar to open the program and retreive
> mail.)
>
> Anybody have an idea of what happened? How can I have the system
> recognize
> my user account as the administrator? (It is a step backward to have to
> now
> right click and select "run as administrator" to use Outlook 2007.)
>
> Jan

P I Lewis

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Run as administrator

Posted: 01-09-2008, 10:54 AM

I have an application I am trying to run and every time I want to use it I
have to use the run as administrator option when you want to run it even on
user accounts which are supposedly set as administrators.

I have been lead to believe that once you select the option it will always
work but this is not the case. I am not sure if this may be because of using
a desktop shortcut or what?

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to help me with this it is greatly
appreciated!

Thanks

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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Re: Run as administrator

Posted: 01-09-2008, 10:37 PM

What type of application is this? The only reason that an application would
need admin privileges to start would be one that needed to gain global,
unrestricted access to the entire computer such as a system utility or an
application that needed to access any restricted areas of the system.

If this program does not need this type of access, then it needs to be
updated to make it compatible with Vista.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

"P I Lewis" <P I Lewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C0B8893-BAA3-4942-9092-A5AC80880C8A@microsoft.com...

>I have an application I am trying to run and every time I want to use it I
> have to use the run as administrator option when you want to run it even
> on
> user accounts which are supposedly set as administrators.
>
> I have been lead to believe that once you select the option it will always
> work but this is not the case. I am not sure if this may be because of
> using
> a desktop shortcut or what?
>
> If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to help me with this it is greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks

Ballina

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run as administrator

Posted: 01-10-2008, 12:53 AM

I have tried reading the other help questions on this and tried doing some of
the answers with no success.

All my windows updates are failing. I'm being told I have to be the
administrator to go in and delete corrupted logs/ etc. I am the
administrator on this computer but I did not set up any password. Most
common windows update error is Windows Update error 8007000b.

When I have the command prompt up it shows users\rose. I have tried right
clicking and do not get administrator in the drop down menu. I type in
fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\. and an reply comes back that I must
run it as a administator. I have also tried keying this in just at the c:
prompt. I see that I am the administrator of the computer so is that why I
do not get the drop menu on the right click to show administrator?

How do I fix this problem?

The other problem I have is I can't get manual defrag to work. I just
erased 11 gigs out of my recycle bin and wanted to run defrag. I'm almost
ready to go out and buy a 3rd party defrag.. can someone help on this too?

Thanks
Rose

Michael Palumbo

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Re: run as administrator

Posted: 01-10-2008, 01:24 AM

"Ballina" <Ballina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43F6999E-52EA-4D05-A91C-31FC068FE9A8@microsoft.com...

> I have tried reading the other help questions on this and tried doing some
> of
> the answers with no success.
>
> All my windows updates are failing. I'm being told I have to be the
> administrator to go in and delete corrupted logs/ etc. I am the
> administrator on this computer but I did not set up any password. Most
> common windows update error is Windows Update error 8007000b.
>
> When I have the command prompt up it shows users\rose. I have tried right
> clicking and do not get administrator in the drop down menu. I type in
> fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\. and an reply comes back that I must
> run it as a administator. I have also tried keying this in just at the c:
> prompt. I see that I am the administrator of the computer so is that why
> I
> do not get the drop menu on the right click to show administrator?
>
> How do I fix this problem?
>
> The other problem I have is I can't get manual defrag to work. I just
> erased 11 gigs out of my recycle bin and wanted to run defrag. I'm almost
> ready to go out and buy a 3rd party defrag.. can someone help on this
> too?
>
> Thanks
> Rose

Rose, did you right click the shortcut to the command prompt?

Click the Start Orb, type CMD, the first choice in the search pane will be
"cmd" under programs.

Right click the CDM shortcut that shows up and choose Run As Administrator.
You should get a command windows that has
"Administrator: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" in the title bar.

When running under Vista with "Administrator Rights", this is what you
actually get when you choose Administrator for the user, you're not a true
admin, you can just run certain things and access certain areas without
having to type in a password, you're still basically a standard user since
you still have to go through UAC before you can do anything administrative.

There is a true administrator account included with Vista, but it's disabled
by default, and you really don't want to run as admin all the time anyway,
this was the main problem with XP and the reason even admin users in Vista
aren't true administrators.

A little more information on the defrag problem is needed, do you get an
error message? Does it just not do anything? (It actually won't show you
anything, it'll just say it's running and can take hours) or does the
programs crash?

Mic

P I Lewis

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Re: Run as administrator

Posted: 01-10-2008, 12:13 PM

The application in question is a church presentation and song management tool
called easyworship 2007. I have looked on the website and it has been
updated and supposed to be now compatible with Vista. I have even contacted
their customer support with no luck.

I know what you mean about unrestricted access and do not have a clue why it
would need that as all it does is have a database of songs in order to create
a schedule that runs through a projector at my church.

Thanks

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> What type of application is this? The only reason that an application would
> need admin privileges to start would be one that needed to gain global,
> unrestricted access to the entire computer such as a system utility or an
> application that needed to access any restricted areas of the system.
>
> If this program does not need this type of access, then it needs to be
> updated to make it compatible with Vista.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "P I Lewis" <P I Lewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4C0B8893-BAA3-4942-9092-A5AC80880C8A@microsoft.com...
> >I have an application I am trying to run and every time I want to use it I
> > have to use the run as administrator option when you want to run it even
> > on
> > user accounts which are supposedly set as administrators.
> >
> > I have been lead to believe that once you select the option it will always
> > work but this is not the case. I am not sure if this may be because of
> > using
> > a desktop shortcut or what?
> >
> > If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to help me with this it is greatly
> > appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks
>

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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Re: Run as administrator

Posted: 01-10-2008, 10:15 PM

Pl

You might want to look at the location where it saves the database. If it
saves it to a restricted area such as, C:\Program Files or C:\Windows, this
could be the reason that it requires admin privilegtes.

If this is the case, look in the program for the configuration settings to
see if it is possible to change this location. If this option is available,
create a new folder in the C:\Users\your username\ folder and move the
database location to that new location.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

"P I Lewis" <PILewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9818645E-B4CE-4DC8-BC14-3366C8ED1CC9@microsoft.com...

> The application in question is a church presentation and song management
> tool
> called easyworship 2007. I have looked on the website and it has been
> updated and supposed to be now compatible with Vista. I have even
> contacted
> their customer support with no luck.
>
> I know what you mean about unrestricted access and do not have a clue why
> it
> would need that as all it does is have a database of songs in order to
> create
> a schedule that runs through a projector at my church.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
>> What type of application is this? The only reason that an application
>> would
>> need admin privileges to start would be one that needed to gain global,
>> unrestricted access to the entire computer such as a system utility or an
>> application that needed to access any restricted areas of the system.
>>
>> If this program does not need this type of access, then it needs to be
>> updated to make it compatible with Vista.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "P I Lewis" <P I Lewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4C0B8893-BAA3-4942-9092-A5AC80880C8A@microsoft.com...
>> >I have an application I am trying to run and every time I want to use it
>> >I
>> > have to use the run as administrator option when you want to run it
>> > even
>> > on
>> > user accounts which are supposedly set as administrators.
>> >
>> > I have been lead to believe that once you select the option it will
>> > always
>> > work but this is not the case. I am not sure if this may be because of
>> > using
>> > a desktop shortcut or what?
>> >
>> > If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to help me with this it is
>> > greatly
>> > appreciated!
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>

Dwarf

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Re: Run as administrator

Posted: 01-12-2008, 11:11 PM

Hi P I,

Right-click the program icon and select 'Properties'. In the 'Shortcut' tab,
click 'Advanced'. In the dialogue that appears, click 'Run as administrator'.
Click 'Ok' twice. You will then get an 'Access Denied' message. Click
'Continue' and provide an administrator password to continue. Finally, click
'OK' to finish. Next time you run the program, you will be asked to provide
an administrator password to continue. You will need to provide the same
password as did in the above procedure.
Dwarf

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Pl
>
> You might want to look at the location where it saves the database. If it
> saves it to a restricted area such as, C:\Program Files or C:\Windows, this
> could be the reason that it requires admin privilegtes.
>
> If this is the case, look in the program for the configuration settings to
> see if it is possible to change this location. If this option is available,
> create a new folder in the C:\Users\your username\ folder and move the
> database location to that new location.
>
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "P I Lewis" <PILewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9818645E-B4CE-4DC8-BC14-3366C8ED1CC9@microsoft.com...
> > The application in question is a church presentation and song management
> > tool
> > called easyworship 2007. I have looked on the website and it has been
> > updated and supposed to be now compatible with Vista. I have even
> > contacted
> > their customer support with no luck.
> >
> > I know what you mean about unrestricted access and do not have a clue why
> > it
> > would need that as all it does is have a database of songs in order to
> > create
> > a schedule that runs through a projector at my church.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> What type of application is this? The only reason that an application
> >> would
> >> need admin privileges to start would be one that needed to gain global,
> >> unrestricted access to the entire computer such as a system utility or an
> >> application that needed to access any restricted areas of the system.
> >>
> >> If this program does not need this type of access, then it needs to be
> >> updated to make it compatible with Vista.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Ronnie Vernon
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >>
> >> "P I Lewis" <P I Lewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:4C0B8893-BAA3-4942-9092-A5AC80880C8A@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have an application I am trying to run and every time I want to use it
> >> >I
> >> > have to use the run as administrator option when you want to run it
> >> > even
> >> > on
> >> > user accounts which are supposedly set as administrators.
> >> >
> >> > I have been lead to believe that once you select the option it will
> >> > always
> >> > work but this is not the case. I am not sure if this may be because of
> >> > using
> >> > a desktop shortcut or what?
> >> >
> >> > If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to help me with this it is
> >> > greatly
> >> > appreciated!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >>

>

bwatson

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Run as administrator

Posted: 07-22-2008, 08:06 PM

I want to uninstall Roxio Creator 9 and reinstall it with the same OEM CD.
However when I try to do this in the Control Panel I get the dread message
"The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation",
followed by "You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Roxio Record Now
9 Music Lab. Please contact you system administrator" (thats me). I"ve right
clicked everything I can think of, but never see anything about running as
administrator. The installed program does not include an uninstallation
option. How can I get permission to uninstall a program that I installed?

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