Are you any passwords or codes when you going to settings and change so you are the administrator? I've been under the impression that there were some kind of default password or something like that. I'm using Windows Vista.
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> On Nov 26, 2014, at 8:39 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> You can also go into the settings for your user and change it to an administrator user. You may not want to do this for some very good reasons, but where I'm the only user on my system, this is what I do.
>
>> On 11/26/2014 04:34 AM, George Bell wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> That was quick. You might find some useful advice at the following, but
>> I’ve copied and pasted the relevant text for running the command prompt
>> as administrator also.
>>
>> George
>>
>> *http://tinyurl.com/oum7fjh*
>>
>> Running Command (cmd.exe) as Administrator
>>
>> To run most programs as administrator you right-click the application
>> and select “*Run as administrator*” from the menu. You can still do this
>> for “*Command Prompt*” if you wish to navigate to the *Accessories*
>> folder. An easier way is use search.
>>
>> 1. Type *cmd* in the *Start Search* textbox, but don’t press Enter.
>>
>> 2. Right-click *cmd.exe* from the *Programs* search results at the top.
>>
>> 3*. Select Run as administrator* from the menu.
>>
>> *From:*Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Kenyon
>> *Sent:* 26 November 2014 10:20
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* Re: [VICUG-L] administrative rights?
>>
>> I was trying to delete some stuff. I've also noticed that when you go to
>> defrag and you just want to do it from a command prompt it want you to
>> run it as an administrator.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2014, at 5:17 AM, George Bell <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> You don’t give any example of what you were attempting to do, so
>> this is rather a generic reply.
>>
>> You may find that in some cases, if you right click on the icon for
>> the program you wish to run, the context menu will have an option to
>> “Run as administrator”.
>>
>> Strange as it may seem, this usually does the trick.
>>
>> George.
>>
>> *From:*Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Kenyon
>> *Sent:* 26 November 2014 02:07
>> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Subject:* [VICUG-L] administrative rights?
>>
>> HI all, I am the only user of my laptop and it has been so since I
>> first got it in 2008. However, there are times that I have tried to
>> do something and I am denied the ability to do it. The reason is
>> that I get this message saying that I need to be logged in as an
>> administrator. I never have made any settings for a password or
>> anything like that. I am currently using Vista. Any help would be
>> great, and thanks in advance.
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