Windows 8 Admin rights.

Idleman · 13 Sep 2013 at 15:06

I have recently installed Win 8 as my main OS. For some reason, on certain apps and software I need to be logged in as the Administrator. So I set up an account as the Administrator and what do you know, I still get the same message telling me I need to be logged in as the Administrator. So, can someone please tell me how the hell I can get Administrator rights. In Windows 7 it was so simple.
I am trying to install Dead Space 2. Now I just installed it the other day and for some reason, it keeps crashing. So, as a last resort I uninstalled and now I can`t re-install, for the reason mentioned.
Any help would be much appreciated.

UnworthyBean · 13 Sep 2013 at 15:07

Have you tried right clicking and running as administrator?

UKDTweak · 13 Sep 2013 at 15:11

You don't need to create an admin account, just enable the built in admin account, just as you would on Windows 7 ? then right click the program and run as admin like Unworthybean said, though if you have UAC on, it should prompt you?

Idleman · 13 Sep 2013 at 16:15

UnworthyBean said:
Have you tried right clicking and running as administrator?

Tried that, still tells me I need Admin rights.

theheyes · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:25

Do you have UAC disabled or any other such modifications?

Idleman · 13 Sep 2013 at 19:54

theheyes said:
Do you have UAC disabled or any other such modifications?

Been into the UAC settings and it won`t let me apply the lowest setting.
What I can`t understand is I installed it the other day without any problems.

davieg · 13 Sep 2013 at 21:19

Have you used any registry cleaners such as ccleaner etc as there was a problem wih them cocking up the registry in win 8 and messing up uac/ firewall control etc.

Idleman · 13 Sep 2013 at 21:41

davieg said:
Have you used any registry cleaners such as ccleaner etc as there was a problem wih them cocking up the registry in win 8 and messing up uac/ firewall control etc.

As I said earlier, it`s a fresh install and I never use cccleaner or anything like it.

nick.lidgett · 13 Sep 2013 at 22:08

Idleman said:
As I said earlier, it`s a fresh install and I never use cccleaner or anything like it.

Hmmmm i dont know then, my windows 8 done this when i used the AMD driver cleaner, but as you say its a clean install.
Maybe just install windows 8 again.......?

Idleman · 13 Sep 2013 at 22:51

nick.lidgett said:
Hmmmm i dont know then, my windows 8 done this when i used the AMD driver cleaner, but as you say its a clean install.
Maybe just install windows 8 again.......?

I think I`ll just install it on my games drive using Win 7 on a partition on another hdd.