I cant find the article but I read recently about Vista's 'administrator' and how it really isn't but there is a convoluted way to log on as root and be able to do what you want. The 'security' is the one thing I hate most about Vista. It is MY machine and it tells ME what I can and can't do. I love XP. It just WORKS!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: Saturday, 13 December 2008 7:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: When is an administrator not an administrator? Answer: Vista I've got this new "hot" laptop, fully decked out. Vista Home Premium. Okay, I don't have to attach it to a domain so I don't need Ultimate or anything. I'm trying to get up and running with my development environment. Vista says that I'm the Administrator on the box, and there aren't any other users configured {Opps! WTF?!? I wouldn't have set myself up as an Administrator if I had known.} But wait! I'm trying to configure a West-Wind application and it's having trouble running the Console.exe magic which registers it. It's saying that I'm NOT an administrator. I'm about to poke my eyes out after a day of frustration when I decide to Google instead: "How do I know if I'm an administrator on Vista?" I found this tip to make the Administrator magically appear from nowhere:http://tinyurl.com/2q56p3 Notice that when you "Run as administrator" there's no password required. Insanity. VFP definitely runs slower on my new laptop than on my old XP Pro desktop. I'm feeling dirty after running Vista, but I need it for day in and day out VFP development. Oh well. Thought I'd share. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
