What don't you like about Windows 7?

ExNavy11 said:

That is what frustrates me. Why am I not Administrator? And why cant the computer realize that it is ME clicking on the program to open it?

Dude if you really want to be the all mighty powerful Admin then you can just use the built-in administrator account, it's easier to to do that right after installing windows, instead of doing it much later, in order to avoid the hassle of moving all your files to the new account and also to avoid losing some application settings...

Just remember that with great power comes great responsibility. lol... you're more vulnerable this way.....

logicearth said:

The Administrator account is disabled by default, you have to first enable it in Computer Management > Local Users and Groups > Users > Administrator Properties. Would also be wise to give that account a password if you do enable it.

As to why a computer cannot determine if a human user activated an administrative application I could not tell you. But every OS I've seen asks the user so it seems like it cannot be reliably done. But you should be glad how Microsoft implemented UAC where you only need to click a button. While on *nix/Mac OS X you have to type in a password.

Basically the problem for an operating system to determine if a real user has pressed a key or not, is that although there is a physical action involved in pressing the key or mouse, by the time it gets to the OS it's just a digital flag - which may be spoofed by software.

he UAC goes a bit further than most systems in that the UAC prompt is totally isolated from the rest of the system and can only be activated by the user (that's the theory, that is at the moment still valid I believe )

zigzag3143 said:

Hey Steve

Welcome to seven forums. wait until general availabilty for win 7. you are going to love it

I just can't wait when all of my programs are windows 7 certified!

ben07 said:

Hi oidicle, how does one use the built-in administrator account? I'm the only one using both my PC (both W7 Pro RTM x64) and during installation, I left the password "blank", am I not automatically the default Admin every time Windows starts? I was never prompted to select any pix or prompted to enter any password to start Windows.

Thanks.

P/s I wonder if this the reason why the following is not working for me:

From the Start/Search box, Run box or console window type: GPEDIT.MSC to bring up the Group Policy Object editor. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Attachment Manager. Here you will find a couple of policies related to this feature, but to disable it you'll want to ENABLE the policy called " "Do not preserve zone information in file attachments.

Maybe I need to invoke the "built-in administrator account" first? , but I'm the only admin here, lol...it's confusing.....

Hey there Ben, here's a thread created by Brink, on the tutorials section: Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable