"Log on as an administrator?"

Win7 SP1

I keep getting messages about an Administrator
required to delete & change files. I'm the only
one on the computer and initially I set myself as
administrator.

Has some setting gone awry, and how can I fix
this?

Peter

On 9/19/2013 12:36 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 SP1

I keep getting messages about an Administrator
required to delete & change files. I'm the only
one on the computer and initially I set myself as
administrator.

Has some setting gone awry, and how can I fix
this?

If the files/folders are in the root C folder, you're likely to get the
message.

You can stop all messages by changing your UAC setting to "never notify"
but you just might not want to do that.

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:04:51 +0900, BobbyM
wrote:

On 9/19/2013 12:36 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 SP1

I keep getting messages about an Administrator
required to delete & change files. I'm the only
one on the computer and initially I set myself as
administrator.

Has some setting gone awry, and how can I fix
this?

If the files/folders are in the root C folder, you're likely to get the
message.

You can stop all messages by changing your UAC setting to "never notify"
but you just might not want to do that.



If I go to "Computer Management" and then to
"Local Users & Groups" and then to "Groups" I find
there are two administrators "Administrator" and
"Peter".

If I then go to "Users" then "Administrator" I
find there are no names in it at all. Is this
normal? I may have made a mistake when first I
loaded Win7.

Peter

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:13:33 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:04:51 +0900, BobbyM
wrote:

On 9/19/2013 12:36 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 SP1

I keep getting messages about an Administrator
required to delete & change files. I'm the only
one on the computer and initially I set myself as
administrator.

Has some setting gone awry, and how can I fix
this?

If the files/folders are in the root C folder, you're likely to get the
message.

You can stop all messages by changing your UAC setting to "never notify"
but you just might not want to do that.



If I go to "Computer Management" and then to
"Local Users & Groups" and then to "Groups" I find
there are two administrators "Administrator" and
"Peter".

If I then go to "Users" then "Administrator" I
find there are no names in it at all. Is this
normal? I may have made a mistake when first I
loaded Win7.

Peter

In control panel open "user accounts".
Click the last item, "change user account settings".

"Peter Jason" wrote in message
...


Win7 SP1

I keep getting messages about an Administrator
required to delete & change files. I'm the only
one on the computer and initially I set myself as
administrator.

Has some setting gone awry, and how can I fix
this?


Sounds more like a permission issue relative to the folder containing the
intended files for deletion.

What are you trying to delete and where ?

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:36:30 +1000
Peter Jason wrote:

Win7 SP1

I keep getting messages about an Administrator
required to delete & change files. I'm the only
one on the computer and initially I set myself as
administrator.

Has some setting gone awry, and how can I fix
this?

Peter

"Administrator" has more power than a 'normal' administrator level
account. The "Administrator" account (note the capital "A") is also
known as the "Real" administrator or the "Built-in" administrator
account and isn't affected by MIC(or WIC) which is the feature behind
UAC.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...sktop/bb648648
(v=vs.85).aspx

Chances are you are trying to do something that you shouldn't be trying
to do. If you know what you are doing, and are sure that you need to do
it, use the "Administrator" account - which is 'hidden' by default when
you first complete the install of the OS. You 'could' defeat the UAC
thingy, but I wouldn't recommend doing so.

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:22:04 -0400, Wolf K wrote:



You didn't make a mistake. By default, Administrator and Guest are set
up by W7 when you install it. Guest is a severely restricted account.

When you first set up You during installation, you must set an
Administrator password, and You is created as a separate account, but

No you mustn't. When a password is requested on initial install you hit
newline. I only show one user, Dave. I've never had problem installing
anything.
I'm not suggesting everyone does the same thing and neither do I want a
bunch of responses questioning the way I want to do things.

On 9/19/2013 4:42 PM, Dave wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:22:04 -0400, Wolf K wrote:



You didn't make a mistake. By default, Administrator and Guest are set
up by W7 when you install it. Guest is a severely restricted account.

When you first set up You during installation, you must set an
Administrator password, and You is created as a separate account, but

No you mustn't. When a password is requested on initial install you hit
newline. I only show one user, Dave. I've never had problem installing
anything.
I'm not suggesting everyone does the same thing and neither do I want a
bunch of responses questioning the way I want to do things.


Humm, you never got the reply, "I can't do that Dave." ?