Vista treating Admin as regular user?

[Guest Martin]

I am in the Administrator group on my own network, i am also in the Admin

group of the local Vista pc, connected to a 2003 server.

 

For some reason i do not have any Admin rights when i log on to the server.

It treats me as a regular user, I think. I can't change security settings,

can't install any programs, can't browse the network.

 

Is this the way Vista is supposed to work or is something broken? And how do

i get real Admin privileges?

[Guest Martin]

Just to be more clear. The problem is not when i am actually on the server,

only when i'm on the local Vista machine. The message i get is "Access

Denied".

 

 

"Martin" <m_blackwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:nJW2k.4034$ZE5.1240@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...<span style="color:blue">

>I am in the Administrator group on my own network, i am also in the Admin

>group of the local Vista pc, connected to a 2003 server.

>

> For some reason i do not have any Admin rights when i log on to the

> server. It treats me as a regular user, I think. I can't change security

> settings, can't install any programs, can't browse the network.

>

> Is this the way Vista is supposed to work or is something broken? And how

> do i get real Admin privileges?

> </span>

[Guest Sarah White]

By default, windows vista asks anyone using "full admin" accounts "do

you really want to do this? bad things could happen!"

 

The way to do what you're talking about is disabling "UAC" (user account

control) and rebooting... that's the only way to do it if you really

want to use it as a full admin account 24/7.

 

linux admins call using a 24/7 "root" (administrative) account "rooting

around" ... in vista, you're going to have to disable default

protections to be able to execute the equivalent security-suicide.

 

Control Panel -> Security Center... it's the fourth section (after

firewall, windows update and virus/malware protection) called "other

settings"

 

Windows Security will throw up red flags though (in your tool tray) it's

considered as being in the same category as allowing webpages to run

random scripts and install activex controls (the malicious ones out

there will hijack your browser that way)

[Guest Mr. Arnold]

"Martin" <m_blackwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:sOW2k.4036$ZE5.2589@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...<span style="color:blue">

> Just to be more clear. The problem is not when i am actually on the

> server, only when i'm on the local Vista machine. The message i get is

> "Access Denied".

>

></span>

 

 

Yes, that's the way Vista works is that anyone with Admin rights will be

locked down to standard user rights in some cases. I hear that there is a so

called admin account you can login with on Vista to give full access like

XP, but I have not looked for the howto.

 

But what you really have is an user account permissions issue you need to

figure out, even with admin rights on Vista. Thus, the access denied

message, which I have faced that problem on Vista with user account

permissions issues on a folder I had to correct. I even faced that problem

with two XP pro machines and having permission issues on a share and the

access denied , until I found the account that superseded all accounts

with its permissions (Everyone) on the share.

[Guest Sarah White]

Yeah... if you want to directly use the "administrator" account I was

explaining that to someone else in another group on this server. Here's

that post:

 

news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/7e2e5d051e...ntp-gateway.com

 

And my the not recommended steps (for direct "administrator" login) I

replied with:

 

news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/OUrBINbyIH...FTNGP06.phx.gbl

news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/ugaAoYbyIH...FTNGP06.phx.gbl

[Guest Martin]

When i click on those links i get a "server not found" message in Outlook

Express (which is what i use for newsgroups). After that dialog box i get

another that says the message has expired from the server.

 

 

 

"Sarah White" <kuzetsa@cableone.net> wrote in message

news:eNDR$LcyIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> Yeah... if you want to directly use the "administrator" account I was

> explaining that to someone else in another group on this server. Here's

> that post:

>

> news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/7e2e5d051e...ntp-gateway.com

>

> And my the not recommended steps (for direct "administrator" login) I

> replied with:

>

> news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/OUrBINbyIH...FTNGP06.phx.gbl

> news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/ugaAoYbyIH...FTNGP06.phx.gbl </span>

[Guest Sarah White]

The thread is titled "i got two new administrative accounts plus my

normal account with admin privellegies"

it was found on this news server under the section

"microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords"

 

I was certain the new product was named "windows mail" ... alternatively

you can directly paste the news:// links into internet explorer 7 (I

know for a fact that an unmodified vista system can use those addresses

in IE 7 to at least view a single post)

 

For that matter, how on earth are you using outlook express on windows

vista? Any case, I've now listed the groups themselves, as well as the

title of the original thread; however you choose to navigate to the

thread and / reply posts I made on that thread is entirely up to you.

 

Anyone that posts on the internet is going to get their name / email

harvested by spammers... Personally I'm using "mozilla thunderbird" for

it's anti-spam features; I just can't do without my adaptive junk

detection / dns blacklist support through add-ons (or otherwise)

 

Martin wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> When i click on those links i get a "server not found" message in Outlook

> Express (which is what i use for newsgroups). After that dialog box i get

> another that says the message has expired from the server.</span>

[Guest Martin]

Thanks so much for the links. Very informative. BTW, XP is still my primary

workstation, hence Outlook Express. Vista is a new addition to my network.

 

 

"Sarah White" <kuzetsa@cableone.net> wrote in message

news:eC5E99lyIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> The thread is titled "i got two new administrative accounts plus my normal

> account with admin privellegies"

> it was found on this news server under the section

> "microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords"

>

> I was certain the new product was named "windows mail" ... alternatively

> you can directly paste the news:// links into internet explorer 7 (I know

> for a fact that an unmodified vista system can use those addresses in IE 7

> to at least view a single post)

>

> For that matter, how on earth are you using outlook express on windows

> vista? Any case, I've now listed the groups themselves, as well as the

> title of the original thread; however you choose to navigate to the thread

> and / reply posts I made on that thread is entirely up to you.

>

> Anyone that posts on the internet is going to get their name / email

> harvested by spammers... Personally I'm using "mozilla thunderbird" for

> it's anti-spam features; I just can't do without my adaptive junk

> detection / dns blacklist support through add-ons (or otherwise)

>

> Martin wrote:<span style="color:green">

>> When i click on those links i get a "server not found" message in Outlook

>> Express (which is what i use for newsgroups). After that dialog box i get

>> another that says the message has expired from the server. </span></span>