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Where are these in W 8?
"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message news On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:47:36 -0500, "R.H. Breener" wrote: "mechanic" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:44:20 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote: The only thing that came up is the SAME Command Prompt window. What other items do you mean? Just the one window came up. What else was supposed to come up? If the prompt in the window shows you are in the C:\Windows\system32 folder, you're running that window as administrator. No, it still says Command Prompt only. How do I get it to come up in the C:\Windows\system32 folder? Are you positive the account you are logging in with has administrative rights? It seems to be so. To check if you are logged into Windows 8 as a user with administrative rights, please: 1. Right-click in the bottom left corner of your screen, and then click Control panel. 2. open User accounts 3. click "Manage another account" There will be all user accounts listed on the page. Each account has assigned some status (Administrator, Standard user, etc.). There is a Guest account on the right that is turned off by default I guess. And my account, on the left, RHBreener w/my email address and Administrator, Password Protected. So I suppose I'm the Admin. Those are the only 2 accounts there. If you are not sure under which account you work at the moment, please open the main User Accounts page. The current user is displayed in the right part of the page. .. |
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Where are these in W 8?
"mechanic" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:50:55 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote: I can't click on the Command Prompt to run as Administrator in W 8 as there is no MenuPick to "Run as administrator." ' Try entering 'command' in the search box, r-click on the 'command prompt' choice that comes up. Holy sh*t.... that worked!!!!!!!!!! After all this time and reading online. Thanks! |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:45:26 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote: I just spent over an hour on eightforums and what they said to do doesn't bring up any choices to run the Command Prompt as Administrator. There is no info on how to get that choice to appear on the dropdown menu. Use the Win 8 Snipping Tool to take a capture of the screen where you're clicking, then upload it somewhere and post the link. You're obviously doing something wrong, but we're having a hard time seeing what it is. Opening a Command Prompt as Admin works perfectly here. |
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Where are these in W 8?
On 2/24/2015 6:44 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message ... R.H. Breener wrote: "Live" wrote in message ... "R.H. Breener" wrote... From the site someone recommended: "Start Menu == All Programs == Accessories Right click on Command Prompt MenuPick "Run as administrator..." from the Alternate menu presented." I can't click on the Command Prompt to run as Administrator in W 8 as there is no MenuPick to "Run as administrator." ' http://www.howtogeek.com/194041/how-...n-windows-8.1/ I've been there already. There is no choice to click on for "Run as administrator." It says Command Prompt and that's all. There is nothing about running as an admin on the dropdown menu. It says move, size, edit etc. A person who is running ClassicShell, probably doesn't use the big Start window with all the groovy tiles in it :-) If you use that sucker (click the Start thing), and type "Command Prompt" or "cmd", the Start window searches its list of software and puts the search result on the right hand side. If you right-click on the first item that comes back, one of the options is "Run As Administrator". http://i60.tinypic.com/k98h1l.jpg The only thing that came up is the SAME Command Prompt window. What other items do you mean? Just the one window came up. What else was supposed to come up? ******* Now, if you get this far along, "Command Prompt" is already running. It's a bit difficult to elevate. And you notice the window frame has only the ordinary adjustments. http://i62.tinypic.com/i27rph.jpg Close that window for now. Then find that Start button, and do it like in the first picture. And right-click on the first result that comes back. ******* How do I get the tiles back? Even if I type in CMD the same window with the same dropdown menu comes up with the same choices, none are run as Admin. For a stickler for details like yourself, note that in this OS, the Command Prompt window has a mind of its own. On older OSes, you can open one "Administrator-powered" command prompt window after another. On this stinking OS, if you attempt to open a second one (using the method shown in the first picture), instead of opening a second Command Prompt, it just whips you back to that first window you created. If you attempt to open a second window which is not elevated, then you can open a second command prompt window. And right off hand, I can't remember the fix for this. The same window keeps coming up over and over with no choice in the dropdown menu for Admin. This OS is the pits. I see no inprovement over Vista and W 7. What was improved? It's worse - plus things are missing we used to get. No email client. No Snipper Tool. What is MS trying to prove? People are just being driven to MACS. I'm the last one in the family to be still using Windows. At least with W7 I could get WindowsMail working. I can't on the W 8 LT. It is the same as Windows 7. Click on the start button (Classic Shell) type "cmd" in the search bar "cmd" will appear. Right click on "cmd" and select "Run as administrator". There is a snipping tool. The same exact one that comes with Windows 7. Also, Windows 7 does not come with an email client. |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:45:37 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote:
There is a Guest account on the right that is turned off by default I guess. And my account, on the left, RHBreener w/my email address and Administrator, Password Protected. So I suppose I'm the Admin. Those are the only 2 accounts there. You are not "The Administrator", you are "an administrator" (an account of *type* administrator). That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. The real Administrator account is hidden, but it is accessible by some trickery. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where are these in W 8?
Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/24/2015 7:29 PM:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:45:37 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote: There is a Guest account on the right that is turned off by default I guess. And my account, on the left, RHBreener w/my email address and Administrator, Password Protected. So I suppose I'm the Admin. Those are the only 2 accounts there. You are not "The Administrator", you are "an administrator" (an account of *type* administrator). That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? The real Administrator account is hidden, but it is accessible by some trickery. In the elevated command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes and hit ENTER. Tricky, no? :-) |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:57:04 -0500, Alek wrote:
Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/24/2015 7:29 PM: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:45:37 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote: There is a Guest account on the right that is turned off by default I guess. And my account, on the left, RHBreener w/my email address and Administrator, Password Protected. So I suppose I'm the Admin. Those are the only 2 accounts there. You are not "The Administrator", you are "an administrator" (an account of *type* administrator). That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. The real Administrator account is hidden, but it is accessible by some trickery. In the elevated command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes and hit ENTER. Tricky, no? :-) Since you weren't able to figure that out from what I wrote: I had no intention of posting that information in this thread. If you wanted to tell R.H. Breener how to enable the Administrator account, you also should have mentioned how to disable it. And why. And while you were at it, you might have told him how to log in to that account and how to set a password once he's there. Also how to get back to his normal account... You were not altogether responsible, IMO. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where are these in W 8?
Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/24/2015 8:23 PM:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:57:04 -0500, Alek wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/24/2015 7:29 PM: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:45:37 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote: There is a Guest account on the right that is turned off by default I guess. And my account, on the left, RHBreener w/my email address and Administrator, Password Protected. So I suppose I'm the Admin. Those are the only 2 accounts there. You are not "The Administrator", you are "an administrator" (an account of *type* administrator). That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. I just love guys who make claims that they have no intention of substantiating!! The real Administrator account is hidden, but it is accessible by some trickery. In the elevated command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes and hit ENTER. Tricky, no? :-) If you wanted to tell R.H. Breener how to enable the Administrator account, you also should have mentioned how to disable it. Oh, that's tricky, too! net user administrator /active:no You were not altogether responsible, IMO. Aw, shucks! |
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Where are these in W 8?
R.H. Breener wrote:
"Live" wrote in message ... "R.H. Breener" wrote... From the site someone recommended: "Start Menu == All Programs == Accessories Right click on Command Prompt MenuPick "Run as administrator..." from the Alternate menu presented." I can't click on the Command Prompt to run as Administrator in W 8 as there is no MenuPick to "Run as administrator." ' http://www.howtogeek.com/194041/how-...n-windows-8.1/ I've been there already. There is no choice to click on for "Run as administrator." It says Command Prompt and that's all. There is nothing about running as an admin on the dropdown menu. It says move, size, edit etc. Only present if the account in use is an Admin account. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:53:26 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote:
That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. I just love guys who make claims that they have no intention of substantiating!! It's nice to be loved. Thanks. If you care enough, do some research on your own. ATM, I don't recall the things I had to do as *the* Administrator, and I don't particularly care whether you know what they were. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:12:18 -0700, "...winston‫" wrote:
R.H. Breener wrote: "Live" wrote in message ... "R.H. Breener" wrote... From the site someone recommended: "Start Menu == All Programs == Accessories Right click on Command Prompt MenuPick "Run as administrator..." from the Alternate menu presented." I can't click on the Command Prompt to run as Administrator in W 8 as there is no MenuPick to "Run as administrator." ' http://www.howtogeek.com/194041/how-...n-windows-8.1/ I've been there already. There is no choice to click on for "Run as administrator." It says Command Prompt and that's all. There is nothing about running as an admin on the dropdown menu. It says move, size, edit etc. Only present if the account in use is an Admin account. RHB claims that his account is an Administrator account in Message-ID: I can't guess what his problem is. Although I have a faint recollection that yesterday he posted that he finally followed the right suggestion & it worked. Yes: Message-ID: So (surprise!) maybe it was just a question of not following instructions. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where are these in W 8?
Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/25/2015 3:23 PM:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:53:26 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote: That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. I just love guys who make claims that they have no intention of substantiating!! It's nice to be loved. Thanks. If you care enough, do some research on your own. ATM, I don't recall the things I had to do as *the* Administrator, and I don't particularly care whether you know what they were. I care when someone makes such a bold statement and then says, "I forget". It's like denying that people had something to do with global warming or that the proposed pipeline will create jobs that last more than 2 years! |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:26:12 -0500, Alek wrote:
Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/25/2015 3:23 PM: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:53:26 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote: That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. I just love guys who make claims that they have no intention of substantiating!! It's nice to be loved. Thanks. If you care enough, do some research on your own. ATM, I don't recall the things I had to do as *the* Administrator, and I don't particularly care whether you know what they were. I care when someone makes such a bold statement and then says, "I forget". It's like denying that people had something to do with global warming or that the proposed pipeline will create jobs that last more than 2 years! I guarantee you that I have relatively little to do with global warming, but about the Keystone XL pipeline, I reserve comment. HTH. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where are these in W 8?
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:26:12 -0500, Alek wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/25/2015 3:23 PM: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:53:26 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote: That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. I just love guys who make claims that they have no intention of substantiating!! It's nice to be loved. Thanks. If you care enough, do some research on your own. ATM, I don't recall the things I had to do as *the* Administrator, and I don't particularly care whether you know what they were. I care when someone makes such a bold statement and then says, "I forget". It's like denying that people had something to do with global warming or that the proposed pipeline will create jobs that last more than 2 years! I guarantee you that I have relatively little to do with global warming, but about the Keystone XL pipeline, I reserve comment. HTH. I think I had a bold statement to make, but I forgot. Probably because of years reading all the excess hot air that increasingly has global impact on the value of newsgroups...or maybe the pipeline that provides the feed really wasn't necessary. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Where are these in W 8?
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:37:58 -0700, "...winston‫" wrote:
Gene E. Bloch wrote: On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:26:12 -0500, Alek wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/25/2015 3:23 PM: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:53:26 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote: That means an account with many but not all of The Administrator's privileges. Which one are missing? You tell me. I have no intention of doing that research - but thanks for asking. I just love guys who make claims that they have no intention of substantiating!! It's nice to be loved. Thanks. If you care enough, do some research on your own. ATM, I don't recall the things I had to do as *the* Administrator, and I don't particularly care whether you know what they were. I care when someone makes such a bold statement and then says, "I forget". It's like denying that people had something to do with global warming or that the proposed pipeline will create jobs that last more than 2 years! I guarantee you that I have relatively little to do with global warming, but about the Keystone XL pipeline, I reserve comment. HTH. I think I had a bold statement to make, but I forgot. Probably because of years reading all the excess hot air that increasingly has global impact on the value of newsgroups...or maybe the pipeline that provides the feed really wasn't necessary. I should have posted more discreetly. I forgot that you were monitoring me :-) So you caught me...perhaps I *am* guilty of contributing to global warming. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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