SP1 and Aministrator Privilage

Good Morning:

Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
privileges. I am the only user of this Home Premium OS and I am signed on as
Administrator ( I checked Control Panel/User).
Sometimes when I try to update some of my non- MS programs I get a message
that since I am not the Administrator I can not run program.

Drew

"Drew Leyda" <FDLnews@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
newsADB6187-74A8-4E84-A887-50794CE8922C@microsoft.com...
> Good Morning:
>
> Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
> privileges. I am the only user of this Home Premium OS and I am signed on
> as Administrator ( I checked Control Panel/User).
> Sometimes when I try to update some of my non- MS programs I get a message
> that since I am not the Administrator I can not run program.
>
> Drew


Firstly you should NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator. It's a
security risk. Create another Administrator account for system functions,
and convert your account to a Standard User.

>> Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
>> privileges. I am the only user of this Home Premium OS and I am signed on
>> as Administrator ( I checked Control Panel/User).
>> Sometimes when I try to update some of my non- MS programs I get a message
>> that since I am not the Administrator I can not run program.
>>
>> Drew
>
> Firstly you should NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator. It's a
> security risk. Create another Administrator account for system functions,
> and convert your account to a Standard User.
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OK I did that.
How do I incorporate my old user settings in to my new user account ?

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:34:56 +0100, "Gordon"
<gordonbparker@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

>Firstly you should NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator. It's a
>security risk. Create another Administrator account for system functions,
>and convert your account to a Standard User.

There I go breaking another seccurity rule!!

I have UAC off. I have Windows firewall off (I'm using my router's
firewall). I have auto-updates turned off. I have IE's auto-phishing
off.

And now you tell me that I shouldn't be maiking daily use of my
account that has Admin rights.

I'm starting to feel guilt pangs <g>.

Hi,

Being an admin account does not give unfettered access to the system as it
did with XP and earlier versions of Windows. In Vista, even an admin must
self-elevate to have the level of privilege necessary to alter or manipulate
system folders. Among other things, this is to prevent malware from usurping
a user's privilege and installing itself without the user's knowledge.

Right click the file or icon you are using to update the programs and use
'run as administrator'.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Drew Leyda" <FDLnews@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
newsADB6187-74A8-4E84-A887-50794CE8922C@microsoft.com...
> Good Morning:
>
> Since I installed SP1 I have had some problems with Administrator
> privileges. I am the only user of this Home Premium OS and I am signed on
> as Administrator ( I checked Control Panel/User).
> Sometimes when I try to update some of my non- MS programs I get a message
> that since I am not the Administrator I can not run program.
>
> Drew