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Old March 1st 15, 03:55 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
R.H. Breener[_2_]
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Default Where are these in W 8?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Zaghadka"
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-8
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:57 PM
Subject: Where are these in W 8?


On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:50:55 -0500, in alt.comp.os.windows-8, 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." '



Try these:

1) Launch explorer. Choose your C: drive in "This PC." Click on the
"File" button on the ribbon and choose "Open Command Prompt," - "Open
Command Prompt as Administrator." Done.

2) Or press on your keyboard WinKey+X. Type the letter "A" for "Command
Prompt (_A_dmin), or just select that item in the WinKey+X menu. Done.

I almost always use Win+X, "A." It's the quickest way to bring up a
command prompt.

Caveat: I'm running Win 8.1, I'm pretty sure these options are in Windows
8, but I'm not 100% sure, as I don't have access to that OS.



Thanks... I'm keeping all this info in a folder for when the LT is replaced.
I may wait until I get back home in a few weeks to replace it. It was
returned to the store because the disk drive locked and couldn't be opened.
I'm trying to find someone right now to make me a LT PC with W7 installed
since no stores have them. I want a legal copy on the PC and that may
present a problem finding.


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Zag

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spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten


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Old March 1st 15, 07:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
mechanic
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Default Where are these in W 8?

On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:44:27 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote:

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!


Glad you figured it out, Someone should smack the MS GUI
designers.


I just can't understand some of the changes I found. They're so
pointless, but then I read more than once W8 was designed for
Tablets, not computers.


The idea with W8 was to use 'search' rather than menus, for reasons
spelled out at the time. Easy once you get used to it.
 




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