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| Thread ID: 76925 | 2007-02-20 23:58:00 | Adminitrator Access on vista home premium problem | spaceman8815 (4112) | Press F1 |
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| 526623 | 2007-02-20 23:58:00 | Hi, When i try to open some programs which i have just installed such as CorelDraw, a message appears saying that this program needs administrative access to activate this product, the thing is that i am the only user on this laptop therefore i am the administrator. i have also double checked that my account settings are set to administrator. so what can i do make the computer realize im the administer. |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 526624 | 2007-02-21 00:06:00 | Right click on the icon and choose Run as Administrator ~ | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 526625 | 2007-02-21 00:58:00 | Some software applications alter parts of your system which are "potentially" dangerous, hence why Vista says that you must have admin privileges to be able to run them. If you let it elevate the permissions, then it should run, but it'll ask you every time. For a more permanent solution, you can stop it from asking you to elevate permissions every time you do something which "might" be dangerous. I can supply instructions for this if you want, but remember it undermines the whole point of UAC in Vista. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 526626 | 2007-02-21 01:03:00 | What SKT said . A word of caution though, running as admin, even if you are the only user, has it's dangers in respect of malware gaining access to admin only files/ actions and processes and, having privileges that allow you to do things that are not necessary for every day use . It's still best to have a user account, unless you are never going to connect to the net . Also be aware that the default User account that is set up, if you take the option, when you install Vista, actually is an Administrator account with administrative rights, not a normal user account with restricted rights . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 526627 | 2007-02-21 06:14:00 | So the "most secure Windows version ever" becomes as insecure as all its predecessors, with a single "user friendly" option. :groan: Does anyone else see anything wrong with this? The only thing that people ever learn from history is that people don't learn anything from history. :( |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 526628 | 2007-02-21 06:16:00 | So the "most secure Windows version ever" becomes as insecure as all its predecessors, with a single "user friendly" option. :groan: Does anyone else see anything wrong with this? The only thing that people ever learn from history is that people don't learn anything from history. :( Exactly why I'm reluctant to tell people how to do it, because it's an easy way for people to forget about security. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 526629 | 2007-02-21 06:30:00 | i fixed the problem by first turning of the UAC, Then activated the program with my serial code, then turned the UAC back on. Now i am able to use CorelDraw with the click of a button. Thanks for the help:thumbs: | spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 526630 | 2007-02-21 07:37:00 | Except now Corel Draw is running with admin privileges. Probably not a biggy but :groan: all the same. Graham, you better watch your tone fella, like as not, you'll have people being highly offended with that sort of talk. It's not ok with some to point out the obvious if it happens that it could be construed to be detrimental to some software. Just an observation, of course you do exactly as you like as far as I'm concerned. In other news, I happened to stumble across this, which while not explaining anything profoundly new, explains things in nice easy terms for all (www.theregister.co.uk). Copyright The Register. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 526631 | 2007-02-21 07:52:00 | If you like just turn uac off alltogether i have and no pros at all besides i have three firewalls running and three spyware progs as well. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 526632 | 2007-02-21 08:50:00 | Hey Hitech, do you log in as the default User or Administrator, bud? | Murray P (44) | ||
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