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| 368788 | 2005-07-03 03:02:00 | I'm running windows xp home edition and i have two usser acounts and in one of them when i try to use or install certain programs it tells me that i need administrator privileges.I was wandering how do i get those privileges? | slayer8338 (8449) | ||
| 368789 | 2005-07-03 03:12:00 | Hi slayer... Click on Start, Help and Support and Search=Administrator. All you ever needed to know. :cool: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 368790 | 2005-07-03 03:16:00 | One of those two is probably the "Owner" account. That is the "Administrator" account for XP Home. It's safest to use a non-privileged account for most work, and all work on the Internet. The less damage you can do by accident the less any nasty person (or programme) from outside can do maliciously. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 368791 | 2005-07-04 01:32:00 | Thank You :thumbs: | slayer8338 (8449) | ||
| 368792 | 2005-07-04 04:42:00 | It's safest to use a non-privileged account for most work, and all work on the Internet. Why? The only active account on my XP Pro (sp1) machine has full admin and is used by more than one user, and never been compromised. Considering this machine is online 18/24 per day and has been for several years, I can't see the revelance in that statement. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 368793 | 2005-07-04 05:12:00 | Due to the nasties out there on the internet, if you come across an autoinstalling piece of malware while using the Admin account, it has full access to the system files/registry and you make the job easy for it. Using a limited account helps to prevent installation of some malware. This rule of thumb is widely used in the Linux world. It would be rare to find a Linux user using an root account for everyday use, and this includes the most geeky hardcore Linux nuts. :p However saying that, I always used a Admin account routinely when I used to run XP at home, but then I was aware of how to protect my system and lowered all the risks I could eg, using a non-IE browser, firewalls etc. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 368794 | 2005-07-04 08:21:00 | This rule of thumb is widely used in the Linux world. It would be rare to find a Linux user using an root account for everyday use, and this includes the most geeky hardcore Linux nuts. :p Doesn't help that Microsoft's method of implementing the ability to run a program under a different user is completely and utterly crap. It's good most of the time, but you can't run explorer.exe under the credentials of another use, so it's rather annoying if you want to change some folder permissions on something. Login, logout, login again, adjust permission, log out, log in. |
Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 368795 | 2005-07-04 21:39:00 | Doesn't help that Microsoft's method of implementing the ability to run a program under a different user is completely and utterly crap. It's good most of the time, but you can't run explorer.exe under the credentials of another use, so it's rather annoying if you want to change some folder permissions on something. Login, logout, login again, adjust permission, log out, log in.Oh I second that the security setup on Windows sucks. Nothing more fun than finding a program that screws up file security, and needs you to alter permisions to run on a non-privilaged account. then having to login and logout 15 times to alter permisions, then test, then alter, then test. However. There is an answer. It is a crude hack, but it does work. 1)Get yourself a command prompt running with admin prilvilages. Start->Run->"runas /user:DOMAINNAME\administrator cmd"->OK note: this step is not necessary, however I prefer it to typing out the complete IE path. 2)from the command prompt open internet explorer start iexplore 3)Change the URL (web address) to a file path (eg c:\) and viola, you have a window with all the functions of explorer.exe with admin privilages. I have not tried this on a computer that is not on a domain, however if your PCs are using local authentication you should be able to substitute your computername for a domainname Hope this helps, it made my life a lot easier when I discovered it. -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 368796 | 2005-07-05 00:47:00 | Due to the nasties out there on the internet, if you come across an autoinstalling piece of malware while using the Admin account, it has full access to the system files/registry and you make the job easy for it. Using a limited account helps to prevent installation of some malware. Yeah thx Jen - I kinda thought that immediately after I posted. But like you, I'm also fully protected and aware, so it's never been an issue. |
Greg (193) | ||
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