admin account log in vista is NOT the same as in XP. fp At 07:09 PM 3/21/2009, Winterlight Poked the stick with:
>>You can right-click on the shortcut and select Run as Administrator (or set >>the setting in the properties for the shortcut and run as admin). I think >>that either way, it will make you enter the credentials of an administrator >>if the current user is not one. > >That does not work on some things, like for example, opening regedit. When I >go to run, and enter regedit I see <This task will be created with >administrative privileges> but when I execute I see a pop up that reads >Registry editing has been disable by your administrator.... which I don't get >because I AM an administrator! But if I log out and log back in as THE >Administrator then I can use regedit. > > >>>And if I want to start loging in exclusively as the Administrator, is >>>there a easy way to move all of windows settings from my current user >>>to the Administrator account so I don't have to redo everything? >> >>The easiest way would be to just change your user logon to an admin account. > > >I am already an ADMIN account! > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 3953 (20090321) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >