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Hello community,

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and I have a problem regarding User Accounts.

Let's say I am account A on this computer. This is an administrator account without a password. When I went into the control panel, I demoted Account B to a standard user. Apparently, however, account B can simply change this setting even though she is a standard user. Is this true? Even when I set a password for my account, account B can still bypass it or demote me. Why is this? :sarc:
 
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L645D
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
That's odd, you've booted into account B and checked this? I remember messing around with the user accounts a while ago and I remember confirming that normal account users can't escalate themselves to admin, or even touch other accounts. Was the same OS as yours, Win7 x64 HP.

If you put a password on account A (the admin one) does this still happen?
 

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Win7 Pro x64Koa i5-2550K8 GBSapphire ATI 6870 1GB GDDR5
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self-built rig
OS
Win7 Pro x64
CPU
Koa i5-2550K
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI 6870 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card
RealTek HD Audio / ATI HDMI Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung HDTV Monitor T23A350
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
- SSD (C:)
- HDD (D:)
- BD-ROM (E:)
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Internet Speed
Unifi home (5mbps)
I have checked by going into account B. I am experiencing the same problem even with a password. :(
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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Toshiba Satellite L645D
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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I think that your answer would be to make a new standard account. You should be given the option to transfer settings etc from another user. I think that your problem would be solved.
 

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Windows 10, Home Clean InstallIntel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB)...6 gbATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS 420
OS
Windows 10, Home Clean Install
CPU
Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
6 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
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Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
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Dell SP2009W 20"
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640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
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Fan
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Dell USB Keyboard
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Dell Premium Optical USB
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DSL 2.85
I tried creating a new standard user account (account C) as a test, but when I went into this account and tried to delete my account (account A, the admin one), it would actually let account C do this.

I don't understand!
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L645D
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
I'll ask the stupid questions:

  1. Did you restart between tests? It shouldn't matter, it's just a sanity check.
  2. Have you tweaked your system in any way? Please provide any tweaks applied to your system.


edit: Screenshots of the UAC for each user might help too.

Peace!
 
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x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x6...AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics6.00 GBAMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion dv6-6c10us
OS
x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
CPU
AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 1805
Memory
6.00 GB
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AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti
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HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
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ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device
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Logitech k520 wireless KB
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Logitech m320 wireless mouse (bundled with KB)
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15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n'
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Realtime: Defender or Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET
Browser
IE 11 on Win8, IE 10 on win 7
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Media: [Gimp, Audacity, VLC] || Comm: [WEmail 2012, Skype] || Productivity: [OpenOffice,| Textpad] || Utils: [Sysinternals, cCleaner, Speccy, Defraggler]
I did not tweak my OS in any way. My UAC notification setting is the default, so no message boxes appear when changing settings.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L645D
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
I hope the gurus drop by soon, this is a very interesting situation. Tried it on several of the work machines here in the office (Win7 x32 HP, Win7 x32 Pro, Win7 x64 Pro) and confirmed that standard user accounts should not be able to elevate themselves to admin or touch other accounts.

Sorry couldn't help, good luck.
 

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Win7 Pro x64Koa i5-2550K8 GBSapphire ATI 6870 1GB GDDR5
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self-built rig
OS
Win7 Pro x64
CPU
Koa i5-2550K
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI 6870 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card
RealTek HD Audio / ATI HDMI Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung HDTV Monitor T23A350
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
- SSD (C:)
- HDD (D:)
- BD-ROM (E:)
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Internet Speed
Unifi home (5mbps)

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Windows 7 x64 / Windows Server 2008 / Linux (...AMD FX 8150 Eight-Core Processor 4.23 Ghz OCG.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 ...2X Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire X
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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pandora (computer name)
OS
Windows 7 x64 / Windows Server 2008 / Linux (Redhat & Deb distros) / OS X / More
CPU
AMD FX 8150 Eight-Core Processor 4.23 Ghz OC
Motherboard
ASUS SaberTooth 990FX
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1333
Graphics Card(s)
2X Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire X
Sound Card
Onboard and loving it
Monitor(s) Displays
2x HP w2480 Wide LCD
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 each
Hard Drives
RAID (6x0 Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 32 MB cache 500Gb SATA)
PSU
Antec 850 Watt
Case
Antec 900
Cooling
Lots of fans
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Rat 9
Internet Speed
40 Mbps Down 5 Mbps Up
Antivirus
AVG
Browser
Chrome, Firefox, IE
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My main desktop
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