Vista user account not running as Administrator
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
On Windows Vista, my user account is set as an Administrator, but is not acting like an administrator account should. It does the following:
1) I get all kinds of nag prompts asking me if I authorized an action.
2) I can't access other user directories in the C:\Users\ directory.
3) I can't do an iisreset command. It tells me I have to be an administrator.
Is there any way to turn all this off? Please help, it's driving me nuts.
Responses
jonas said:
Another option is to click Startthen click on your user account logo (in the upper right corner of the menu). Then on that screen click "Turn User Account Control on or off". Uncheck the checkbox and click "Ok".
ethan said:
Make sure you're logged in as an "Administrator" and do the following:
1) Click Start then in the search type cmd then hit enter.
2) In the command prompt, type secpol.msc
3) When the Local Security Policy window opens, expand the Local Policies branch, then click on the Security Options node.
4) Scroll down to the bottom and double-click the User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode option and select Disabled then click OK.
5) Double click the User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode and change the dropdown to Elevate without prompting then click OK.
6) Restart your computer for settings to take place.
In Windows Vista Ultimate, this worked for me, so I hope it'll work for you.
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