Administrator Account

Chris

You may need this option for older programs that were made prior to Vista.
Most of these programs were developed assuming that everyone uses an
administrator account, despite warnings that they should not be programmed
this way.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Chris Game" wrote in message

> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:45:39 -0700, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
>
>> The problem is that some older older programs, that were designed
>> with a traditional admin account in mind, will either not
>> function properly or throw error messages if it cannot access
>> restricted areas of the OS.
>>
>> This can usually be overcome by starting and running the program
>> as administrator, if you decide that it is safe to do so.
>
> The puzzling thing is why 'Run as administrator' is necessary for
> the standard user/administrator account set up on installing Vista.
> This account surely should be able to elevate its privileges for
> operations that require it through the UAC 'Do you want to continue'
> dialogs. Why would you need to start the operation using 'Run as
> administrator', or indeed do you need to at all?
>
> --
> Chris Game
>
> "Chance favors only the prepared mind." -- Louis Pasteur

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:26:33 -0700, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:

> You may need this option for older programs that were made prior
> to Vista. Most of these programs were developed assuming that
> everyone uses an administrator account, despite warnings that
> they should not be programmed this way.

Yes, my question was really to try to understand why the OS wouldn't
offer to elevate the privileges of the user when such programs try
to access or write data outside the user's usual area, as it does
for many operations on files.

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Chris Game

Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.