Windows 7 - Administrator account isn't a 'real' administrator :(

I hope this is the correct forum for this question.

I currently have Windows 7 32bit installed on one partition ( D: and I just installed Windows 7 (64bit) on another partition ( C:.

I log into Windows 7 64bit using Administrator BUT when I try to do things like move where the Administrators 'My Documents' folder is (I put user folders on a third partition) I get a message that I do not have permission and I should contact the administrator.

I AM the administrator. The only user account on the machine is Administrator. I have double checked that the account IS a member of the 'Administrators' group.

So, I am really confused.
How is the Administrator NOT an administrator ?

Any help/suggestions/ideas much appreciated.

Ang.

p.s. Does anyone know how to get the 'swirly windows logo' back as the boot graphic ?
I had to do a restore on the 32bit install and now I just get this green bar when it is loading.

Thanks

Hello Angahran,

Welcome to Seven Forums.

The account that you create when installing is not a true administrator account. It is a standard user account with administrator privileges. There is a disabled true admin acct. but I don't recommend using it unless absolutely necessary.

Also 'My Documents' is not an actual folder, but a hard link used to point older programs to the correct folder to install whatever would have gone into the My doc folder, which is now called simply Documents. If you move that you'll create problems. Same for the other 'My ...' folders. They should be hidden unless you have 'Hide protected operating sys files' unchecked in folder options.

Hope this helps.

Gary

Thanks for the reply.

I'll try this again.

I am logged in as Administrator.
Administrator is a member of the Administrators group.

I can go to Administrator's Documents folder, rightclick and select properties, Location and move the folder. However, this leaves an empty folder which when I try to remove, tells me I need admin privileges to delete.

Since I am logged in as Administrator I don't know why I am getting this message.

Run command prompt as administrator type in bcdedit /set {current} locale en-US press enter, if english is not your language change en-US to match your locale.

You can't move the actual Administrator's folders. You are going to screw up the installation by trying.

This is a bit confusing ... why are you trying to use 32 and 64bit OS's on one computer?

I'm using the operating system to move them, Location tab and move to different partition, (and I've always done much the same thing in XP.)
I tend to 'explode' my OS installs on a fairly regular basis and I've found that keeping as little as possible on the OS partition, and keeping regular Ghosts makes recovery easier.

Because I'm testing things out, never had a 64bit OS before so comparing it to the 32bit version (spent 20 years trying to break software as a career, it's a hard habit to break).

Well I'm not 64-bit but assume it's no different in this regard. Since Vista things are tighter security-wise and the hidden Admin account is all-powerful and can't be messed with and is not the same as your account with Admin privileges.

I appreciate what you are trying to do and hopefully someone will have some opinions on this.

Follow this Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable[2]=User%20Accounts to get the full administrator account.

Wow, this dude asked the exact same question that I wanted to ask for ages, but never did. Glad it is finally answered