how do i make my user account in win 7 be the administrator

[nfsworldpinoy]

when running in cmd i must be administrator to make the commands work

how do i make my user account be the administrator

i dont want to right click and run as admin all the time

 

[x BlueRobot]

Go to User Accounts within the Control Panel, then click on Change Account Type of your user.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Go to User Accounts within the Control Panel, then click on Change Account Type of your user.

I think you may also have to Administrator to change your account type too, but Windows provides you will a Administrative account any way.

Log-on with: Administrator

Should log-on you on as the default account Windows creates when you install the OS.

 

[mitchell65]

when running in cmd i must be administrator to make the commands work

how do i make my user account be the administrator

i dont want to right click and run as admin all the time

If you have a standard user account you cannot change that account to "Administrator" If you could that would destroy the whole idea of different levels of account. An Administrator can create a user account or another Administrator Account but a User Account cannot. There must always be one Administrator Account to every installation of Windows 7.
Are you getting a little confused about the Windows Built in Administrator?

 

[Sir George]

when running in cmd i must be administrator to make the commands work

how do i make my user account be the administrator

i dont want to right click and run as admin all the time

If you have a standard user account you cannot change that account to "Administrator" If you could that would destroy the whole idea of different levels of account. An Administrator can create a user account or another Administrator Account but a User Account cannot. There must always be one Administrator Account to every installation of Windows 7.
Are you getting a little confused about the Windows Built in Administrator?

I think the OP's question is; can you set the "cmd.exe" to be run as an administrator without right clicking the command executable. To my knowledge you cannot, you have to select admin for each instance. I do know it has no relationship to how you have your windows user account settings.

I realize it can be confusing that the admin privilege does not carry over to the "cmd.exe".

HTH

 

[SnackCabinet]

I looked this up. From what I've seen, if you want Command Prompt (cmd.exe) to run as administrator with out right-clicking it and choosing "Run as Administrator", You can do this: Set a cmd.exe shortcut on your desktop and then go to properties > compatibility and click the option to always run as administrator.

NOTE: Now when I looked this up, the discussion was only over Vista. I know that this does not work with Seven. I am unsure about XP.

 

[Golden]

I know that this does not work with Seven.

:sarc:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3718-elevated-command-prompt-shortcut.html

 

[SnackCabinet]

:sarc:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3718-elevated-command-prompt-shortcut.html

I guess that would work, if that is what you are asking. :huh:

 

[mitchell65]

I realize it can be confusing that the admin privilege does not carry over to the "cmd.exe".

But it does, that's the whole point.

 

[Sir George]

I realize it can be confusing that the admin privilege does not carry over to the "cmd.exe".

But it does, that's the whole point.

No it doesn't. If the Windows 7 admin account is run without restriction, the "cmd.exe" will not run without requiring the "Run as Administrator" selection. As noted, you can create a shortcut to provide admin privilege, but that is not the same as stripping the command prompt from its requirement. There is a difference.

My post was not addressing the use of a shortcut, it simply stated the admin account does not inherently remove the additional step of selecting "run as admin". Of course you can use a workaround with a shortcut, which is different. I run a test machine with no Windows 7 restrictions and direct access to "cmd.exe" always requires the "run as admin". If you can provide a reliable source that states otherwise, I would be very interested in reviewing it...I am always open to learning something new.

HTH

 

[mitchell65]

Sorry my post was not intended to be confrontational. What I meant to imply was that according to my understanding there are two different levels of Administrator. One is the admin that you can give a user through the Create new user in Control Panel. This one cannot be named "Administrator" If you give a user a name say "Tom" that user can be given admin rights. As I said earlier there must be one of that type of user to every installation of Windows 7. The other Administrator is the Windows (Hidden) Administrator. If you enable this one then you you are aleready in the elevated admin so the "Run as administrator is not required" You are already there as the command line will show. This user will be automatically named "Administrator" and that will appear in the login Window Like so:

 

[Sir George]

Sorry my post was not intended to be confrontational. What I meant to imply was that according to my understanding there are two different levels of Administrator. One is the admin that you can give a user through the Create new user in Control Panel. This one cannot be named "Administrator" If you give a user a name say "Tom" that user can be given admin rights. As I said earlier there must be one of that type of user to every installation of Windows 7. The other Administrator is the Windows (Hidden) Administrator. If you enable this one then you you are aleready in the elevated admin so the "Run as administrator is not required" You are already there as the command line will show. This user will be automatically named "Administrator" and that will appear in the login Window Like so:
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By your reply, it appears I failed at expressing my point as informational and not confrontational. I was merely trying to clarify the fact that the UAC settings in Windows 7 do not provide unconditional control to the user. I believe Microsoft's use of terminology is sometimes based on a poor choice of words which can create confusion.

Many of the replies by senior members of the SevenForums have addressed this problem when a user attempts to delete a file or install a program only to be confronted by a message that states; "You do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation...", even though the user has set UAC to Administrator. So, the average user is quite right in being confused when their computer is preventing some function or operation when they are the Administrator.

The OP in this thread seemed to be perplexed, that as the Administrator of his/her account, why does the "cmd.exe" require "run as administrator" and not default to that level of control. I was hoping my simple little statement would help shed some light on the subject.

I hope this reply does not make me appear as an arrogant arse, but simply an anal retentive one.

 

[mitchell65]

I hope this reply does not make me appear as an arrogant arse

Certainly not. It is a difficult subject to get a view across. We both, I am sure, understand what we are talking about, it's just difficult I find to explain it to others. It's like all these things, if you know how to do it its easy, if you don't it's most frustrating!