Questions tagged [administrator]
A type of user account on an operating system which will typically allow all functions to be performed to a computer, including (but not limited to) the creation and restriction of user accounts, installing software or drivers, or changing operating system options.
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Installed applications force run as administrator by default
I have an application that, on a particular PC, whenever it's installed, the installed .exe file automatically has "Run this program as an administrator" turned on by default.
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I need to allow a standard user the ability to run an admin plugin. How to set EXE to run without admin credentials?
This plugin is a required download when attempting to browse into this network video recorder. (IP Address, or through a cloud website) No matter what method I've tried, IE task scheduler, ...
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How can I get permission over a file in System Volume Information?
How can I get permission over a file in System Volume Information?
I need to shrink the disk size, and this file is at the very end of my hard drive, so prevents shrinking from occurring. The normal ...
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How do I get a big picture of all the different types of administrators in Windows 10?
What is the big picture of all types of "administrator" users on Windows 10?
Indeed, multiple concepts share the same term "administrator".
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I am logged as a single user ...
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Shortcut Properties: difference between Shortcut > Advanced > Run as administrator, and Compatibility > Run this program as an administrator
The Properties dialog of a shortcut offers these two 2 slightly different options.
As always, the devil is in the details, so what is the precise difference between these 2 options?
Properties > ...
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AutoHotkey keyboard shortcut not captured when a software ran as administrator has the focus - how to make it work?
On Windows log on, I'm starting AutoHotkey automatically with:
"C:\path\to\AutoHotkeyU64.exe" "C:\path\to\AutoHotkey.ahk"
with either a registry key in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...
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Why am I getting disabled by administrator messages when I am the administrator on this system?
When I open command prompt, it tells me it’s disabled by administrator.
When I open registry editor it tells me it’s disabled by administrator.
I looked at my account settings in Windows Settings, and ...
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special characters before username (.\) [duplicate]
Why the system administrator is typing .\ before typing the admin's login username?
What does it mean and what is its importance?
OS: Windows 11
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How to prevent Windows warning window when running a .bat file as Admin
I use a shortcut which runs as admin (this is set in the shortcut options) to run a .bat file that requires admin privileges. Now, everytime it runs, I have to allow it due to the warning window from ...
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How to use Windows 11 admin rights on a default user?
I have many Windows 10/11 on a network, and I need to update a few things that require admin privs, and I have both local and network rights. Problem is I need to do modification on specific user ...
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How to get true superuser privileges on Windows 11?
Like the title says. Since admin is now the Windows 11 version of power user, how can I make changes the system does not want to allow? I used to run as NT authority/trusted installer but even that is ...
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How can I get rid of the "File Access Denied"?
Please pardon my frustration, but Windows file access permissions is really extremely bad:
In SQL-Server Management Studio, I have used a stored procedure in order to create a trace file, something ...
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Why can I not see the “Create Folder” option in Power BI workspaces?
I'm trying to create subfolders within a PowerBI workspace, which I'm tracking was released back in March 2024.
Allegedly, I'm an admin for our tenant but I'm not seeing this as an option. According ...
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Require password only for administrative task
On my private Windows 11 Pro machine we share on local account for the whole family. It does not have any password.
For admin tasks like software installing, I have an administrator account which ...
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Sign in with Windows Hello after password change
On my Windows 11 work laptop, managed by my company, my account does not have administration rights, but I have the possibility to login in the UAC elevation prompt as an administrator to enable many ...
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