Why do I need to "Run as Administrator" ?

Hi,

I am the Administrator on Win7. Then, why do I need to run some programs only as "Run as Administrator"?

How can I run such programs directly ?

Thanks in advance.

Derek

It is due to the way MS makes the OS. even tho your Admin unless you constantly tell it "RUN AS ADMIN" you actually will run as common user.
you can either make a shortcut on desktop to make it faster, or when want to install-run a program take the time to check properties, and click "Run as Admin" . Really a PIA but that is just the way it is.

It's a safety feature that's part of the User Account Control (UAC). It essentially keeps you running as a common user while on an Administrator account.

You can turn off UAC (not recommended), or you can find the executable of your programs, right-click, and in compatibility tell it to run as administrator by default.

Most of the time you do actually benefit from not elevating program privileges unnecessarily, however. Only a handful of things really truly need access deeper into the system as "Run as Administrator" provides.

I have lost HOURS and HOURS in the already long job of setting up two new laptops & migrating to Winsdows 7 in the process.

Despite setting up as Administrator on both systems, I find that the string of random bugs I have been facing is all caused by adminsitrators not haveing administrator status?!?!?

Even simply saving a PDF download from a web page is not allowed unless I mysteriously know that it's hanging/failing because secretly I am running not as an adminsitrator. THere was no message: just nothing happened when I click Save As.

God knows how many other problems I am having are caused by this. Certainly I have had many error messages saying acess is denied for this or that. I have lost a week of work & play. Before, I was just sick of it. Now I am angry.

JJG

Win7 has this one, in my opinion, really annoying overlap from Vista.

This might help. I used this to free me from the UAC.

Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable[2]=User%20Accounts


I used the elevated command prompt option.




Hope I wasn't blind and someone already suggested this, if so I apologize.

Hopefully this is what you are trying to do.

Didn't realize you weren't OP on this thread JJGRAY. But maybe this will help you?

TGSoldier said:

I just turn off UAC.. You won't need to be right clicking all the time.

IMO, UAC is a waste.

True enough... but I'd class it more as a major annoyance.

It's real simple... If you can't trust a user on your computer... get his ass outa the chair!