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Windows 7 Home Premium Additional Administrator Privileges
My situation is as follows:
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium x64. I'm trying to run Intel's Chipset Utility, however it says that I need to run it "...under an account with administrator privileges". I'm already the admin, I've right clicked and selected "Run as Administrator" - also activated the hidden "Administrator" profile, tried it from there with the same results. It's the same in "Safe Mode".
I had the same problem on my older laptop for the same software- which runs Win 7 Professional x64, and solved it through the secpol.msc. However this version of windows does not have it. I really need to run the program, is there any other way? Or do I just throw away my Home Premium (was supposed to be Professional anyway - ended up with this because there was a misunderstanding) and get the Professional version?
I feel that Windows is really beginning to go the way of Apple's OS, limiting everything - which is a shame really... It's the sole reason why I've stayed on Windows all this time.