You must have missed the other thread pointing out that even admins must answer to UAC. It's a safety feature.
The most sensible way to set up Vista is probably to create a new user "Admin" with full admin privileges, then lower your own privs to User. There's no need to screw with the default admin account. On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > My Windows Vista Home Premium lists me as administrator, but my software > immediately produced a message saying that I did not have administrative > rights to install. Are there different levels of administrator? > > Also, how do I log in as administrator? There is only one profile on this > computer, and it boots up with me listed as administrator. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
