Command Prompt on new HP 8.1

Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as it
did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How do I
get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking Start/Command
Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.


You still need "Run As Administrator" for that.

In one OS, it's a right-click menu item.

In Windows 8, they put some buttons at the bottom.

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...a-search-1.jpg

Zillions more here.

( http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html )

Paul

R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

Same way as before...right click and select Run as Admin

No blue box here on 8.1

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

"Paul" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.


You still need "Run As Administrator" for that.

In one OS, it's a right-click menu item.

In Windows 8, they put some buttons at the bottom.

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...a-search-1.jpg

The above refers to a CCleaner. There is nothing on the bottom of the
desktop that looks like that image on my W8.1. It doesn't say how to get
that "Run as Admin" button down on the bottom bar.



Zillions more here.

(
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html )

It says: 1. From the desktop or in Windows Explorer, right click or press
and hold on a program's shortcut or an EXE, BAT, CMD, VBS, or MSI file, and
click/tap on Run as administrator. (see screenshot below)

Can you explain what this means? Which program's Short Key and what is a
Short Key? Which program are they talking about? Which program's EXE, BAT,
CMD, VBS, or MSI file do I click on to Run as Administrator. (see screenshot
below).

The image shows it already done, not how to do it.





Paul

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

Same way as before...right click and select Run as Admin

No blue box here on 8.1

OK... that got it.

I went he
http://www.eightforums.com/general-s...-1-64-bit.html
and that seems to have worked after a reboot.

Bear with me, please. I'm dead tired from no sleep and running on black
coffee, I can't think straight anymore.


--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

Same way as before...right click and select Run as Admin

No blue box here on 8.1

I was wrong. I did it both ways and it's still there. I've Googled and
checked several sites but nothing gets rid of it. I can't live with this.





--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On 03/03/2015 03:16 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4



It's in Windows System

then just right click on "command prompt" and run as administrator


Though Win8 has re-arraigned things a bit...it's no different from
former Windows versions

On 3/3/2015 4:16 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

I believe to properly answer this you should specify whether you are
using an auxiliary program to replace the old Start Button, or running
Windows 8.1 from the new MS Icon start button. ie right click on the
MSIcon on the desktop to access all computer functions.

"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
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On 3/3/2015 4:16 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

I believe to properly answer this you should specify whether you are using
an auxiliary program to replace the old Start Button, or running Windows
8.1 from the new MS Icon start button. ie right click on the MSIcon on
the desktop to access all computer functions.

I'm using ClassicShell to get rid of the annoying tiles. I don't use
touch-screen. This is a laptop, not a Tablet. It's W-8.1.

That's been solved - now it's down to the blue rectangles I can't get rid
of. I tried both suggestions online and they remain.

"G. Morgan" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:

Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as it
did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How do I
get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking Start/Command
Prompt opens it the same.

Hold down the Windows key then hit "x". On the menu that pops up select
"Command Prompt (admin)"

That works. How would a new user know all these things?

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

Have no idea... Maybe the dialog box asking if you want to run as admin?
You
cropped the screencap, is there a flashing icon on the taskbar?

No, you can't type in them. They're a known problem with W8/8.1. Just
Google Blue Rectangles in W8.

No flashing anything. There's a place to turn them off but it doesn't work.

R.H. Breener wrote:

Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as it
did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How do I
get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking Start/Command
Prompt opens it the same.

Hold down the Windows key then hit "x". On the menu that pops up select
"Command Prompt (admin)"

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

Have no idea... Maybe the dialog box asking if you want to run as admin? You
cropped the screencap, is there a flashing icon on the taskbar?

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:42:33 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:


"G. Morgan" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:

Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as it
did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How do I
get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking Start/Command
Prompt opens it the same.

Hold down the Windows key then hit "x". On the menu that pops up select
"Command Prompt (admin)"

That works. How would a new user know all these things?

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

Have no idea... Maybe the dialog box asking if you want to run as admin?
You
cropped the screencap, is there a flashing icon on the taskbar?

No, you can't type in them. They're a known problem with W8/8.1. Just
Google Blue Rectangles in W8.

No flashing anything. There's a place to turn them off but it doesn't work.

The first Google hit said that you've probably inadvertently hit a keyboard
combination that turns on Narrator. Turn narrator off and the blue boxes
should be gone. No idea if it'll work for you.

You seem to have the ghost of Valorie haunting you. (inside joke)

https://yoo2080.wordpress.com/2014/0...-on-windows-8/

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:42:33 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote:

Hold down the Windows key then hit "x". On the menu that pops up
select "Command Prompt (admin)"

That works. How would a new user know all these things?

Because they had the good sense to read a few articles about Win8
before firing it up?

R.H. Breener wrote:

"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
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On 3/3/2015 4:16 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Typing COMMAND in the search window doesn't open it as Administrator as
it did on the Dell 8.1. All it says is Command Prompt at the top. How
do I get it to come up saying Administrator on the top? Clicking
Start/Command Prompt opens it the same.

Here's a pic I took and you can also see then aggravating annoying blue
boxes I'm talking about.

http://tinypic.com/m/ir484k/4

I believe to properly answer this you should specify whether you are
using an auxiliary program to replace the old Start Button, or running
Windows 8.1 from the new MS Icon start button. ie right click on the
MSIcon on the desktop to access all computer functions.

I'm using ClassicShell to get rid of the annoying tiles. I don't use
touch-screen. This is a laptop, not a Tablet. It's W-8.1.

That's been solved - now it's down to the blue rectangles I can't get
rid of. I tried both suggestions online and they remain.

Nothing gets rid of the Tile system. Programs like ClassicShell,
add menus, but they're not an attempt to totally re-define the OS.
You can still be unceremoniously thrown into a Tile at any time.
For example, maybe you click a .bmp image by accident in File Explorer,
and Paint opens in a Tile screen.

While in theory, you can damage the subsystem that allows
Metro tiles to render, if you then returned to the Desktop
screen, some of the decorations in there also get damaged.
Microsoft was careful to leave enough hooks, so Metro cannot
entirely, cleanly, be removed. It is part of Microsoft's business
plan, for you to buy Tile programs from the App Store - their
future profits picture, is based on the 30% overhead they
charge developers to sell software in that store. Metro
is not going away, ever.

The latest Windows updates for the software, are supposed
to have the new computer "select" the appropriate environment,
A desktop computer, starts in the desktop. If the machine has
a touchscreen, then it's more likely to start in the Tiles,
since the Tile interface is easier to work with when touch
is available.

I didn't have all the trouble you're having with this.
You need to get the tile window up. Even with ClassicShell,
tile country should still be accessible. ClassicShell is
not an attempt to "close down" a part of the computer.

Even if you could find and run "narrator.exe", that might
be sufficient to get the slide panel up on the screen.

*******

If you make a "swipe" motion, down the right edge of the screen,
that brings up the Charms on the right hand side of the screen.
There are various settings in there. Ease of Access should be
in there somewhere. You'll notice in this picture, that Narrator
is a choice on the left menu. So even swiping on the right, should
give you something to work with.

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...5ca 49d0e0acb

Paul

"Paul" wrote in message
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Nothing gets rid of the Tile system. Programs like ClassicShell,
add menus, but they're not an attempt to totally re-define the OS.
You can still be unceremoniously thrown into a Tile at any time.
For example, maybe you click a .bmp image by accident in File Explorer,
and Paint opens in a Tile screen.

I have a checklist of things I do to make any Windows 8 PC usable as I am
setting it up for a customer, especially one who knows Windows 95 through to
Windows 7. One of those is to install Classic Shell (absolutely essential)
but another is to go through the file extensions in Control Panel | Default
Programs looking for ones which start Metro programs and changing them to
non-Metro equivalents such as Windows Photo Viewer for JPG, BMP, PNG; and
Adobe Reader (which I download) instead of the Metro equivalent which is
built into Win 8. I also brief customers on the all-important Alt-F4
keystroke as a get-out-of-jail card if they do get dumped into Metro hell.

Metro may be here to stay but I am determined to have on like grim death to
programs that actually work the way that I have learned over the past 20
years of Windows usage. Dumbed-down simplified noddy programs which have
loads of features removed are not my idea of the future of computing. Let
Microsoft rip off other people selling crap dumbed-down software at a 30%
mark-up.