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Solved Do not have sufficient administrator privileges (Grrrrr)
How can I elevate my user account to the sufficient administrator level where windows will stop telling me everything I cant do? I am on a fresh install of windows, trying to move files over from a backup and I am constantly being told by windows that I don't have sufficient privileges to move files, and it annoys me so much
Please Help?
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I have UAC setup, I will try the take ownership shortcut.
Thanks
Computer type PC/Desktop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit CPU Intel i7 3770k 3.5ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe Memory Corsair Vengeance 16gb (4x4gb) Graphics Card(s) Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX970 Sound Card None Monitor(s) Displays 3x AOC 12367fh 23" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - 64mb cache
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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number DELL SXPS 1640 OS Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1 CPU Intel C2D T9550 2.66 GHz @ 2.793 GHz (Thanks ThrottleStop!!) Motherboard Intel PM45 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card(s) ATI MOBILITY RADEON 4670 Sound Card CREATIVE XFI AUDIO NOTEBOOK Monitor(s) Displays 16.1 WLED Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Hard Drives Seagate ST9500420AS 500GB (465GiBi) 7200 RPM Drive
External Drives:-
2 TB WD Essentials x 3
1 TB WD Mybook Gen 1
1 TB WD Mybook Gen 2
1 TB Seagate
1 TB Seagate
320 GB WD Scorpio Black (enclosed)
320 GB WD Scorpio Black (enclosed) PSU 90W Dell Power Brick Case Dell Chassis Cooling Coolermaster Cooling Pad Keyboard Built-in backlighted Keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless Mini Mouse Internet Speed 4/0.5
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Seems to have solved it, cheers.
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Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB - 32mb cache
Samsung 830 SSD 128Gb Boot Drive PSU Corsair AX-860W ATX Case Corsair 500R black Cooling Corsair 500r Stock cooling (3x120mm, 1x200mm) & Corsair H100 Keyboard Logitech G110 gaming keyboard Mouse Logitech G500s Other Info Corsair Hydro 100 CPU Cooler