Vista and admin?

Mason64 · 4 Jun 2008 at 11:58

i have just got a hp laptop with vista home prem on it and i am trying to run a few programs that need admin rights but when i made a user at the start i was the admin but it still says am not how to i get round this?
Thank you
Dave

p.s its running SP1 aswell

csmager · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:02

Right click, run as adminstrator?

Mason64 · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:14

as simple as that hey! i will try it tonite when am home

thank you

csmager · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:21

If you keep UAC on (which you should, even if it's in 'quiet mode') everything will run as standard user unless you tell it otherwise (right click, run as admin) or it's Vista aware and knows how to request permission itself (will throw a uac prompt or auto-approve in quiet mode), or Vista works out the program probably needs admin rights (files called setup.exe, for example).

This happens despite the fact you have admin rights.

Random Guy · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:30

You can also right-click on the icon, go to properties and tick the "Always Run as Administrator" checkbox. Pretty sure this will get rid of the annoying pop ups...