admin: please help

For a long time I've had much difficulty understanding the exact difference between the computer administrator and a user whose type is administrator. On my system there are two administrators - one known as "Administrator" and another with my name, Gary or Gary and Susan. Each administrator has...

Hi guys when my pc gets to the first screen where you choose your account my admin account has changed from my name to 'Other user' and when I click on it it asks for a username and password. Also trying to access files from the admin account when it prompts me with a password I enter it and the...

Hi, I'm new to Windows 7. I'm still trying to master the file permissions.. I need some help and I'd appreciate it if someone could help me out. I have a folder with mp3s (created with my old Windows XP system). I've included this mp3s folder in the "my music" library and then I inspected...

So, for the second time this month:sarc:, a Windows Update has basically killed my machine. As I was going to bed at 0230GMT, WindowsUpdate started an auto-install and rebooted my machine. As I logged into the Admin-level account normally, it appears to stop loading any of my programs -...

Hi. The main (and only account) I have been using since the first beta came out had administrator privileges. Today when I booted up I noticed that my account could no longer do things that are associated with an admin account, such as installing certain programs and writing to certain...