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Vanity: how do I convince a software program that i AM the administrator of my own computer??
self | 12/17/2011 | RaceBannon

Posted on 12/17/2011 8:29:49 PM PST by RaceBannon

I recently downloaded SPYBOT Search and Destroy and ran it, it found stuff, but I cannot delete all of it because it said the administrator had to do it and I did not have that privelege!

How do I slap this software up the head and let it know that I AM the administraotr of my own computer??


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: administer; cheese; getamac; moose; searchanddestroy; spybot
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To: ConservativeChris; parksstp

you guys both posted that right after I logged off and ran it in safemode! LOL!


41 posted on 12/18/2011 6:20:23 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"reflexively liberal and smart as hell"

This is simply not possible. He might be good at fooling you, but the two are simply incompatible.

42 posted on 12/18/2011 6:32:33 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Not true. He is the one example of a smart liberal, who is also kind and wise. Most liberals I know are narrow minded and petty, he is not.

Our major disagreement is about the effacy of government interventions. I think they are invariably captured by special interests and are counterproductive and worse than useless. He thinks agrees, but thinks they are marginally better than useless.

His background is largely middle class, he’s never really known poverty or poor people, mine is a lot more hardscrapple. I witnessed the war on poverty first hand and saw its destructive effects.


43 posted on 12/18/2011 6:51:25 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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To: RaceBannon
First, assuming you are using WinXP, go to Control Panel>>User Accounts.

This will show you the roles of each account on the system. If you are not listed as Administrator, have another account that is listed as Administrator login and change the role of your account. Then login to your account and retry the deletions.

44 posted on 12/18/2011 7:42:38 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Attacking Wall Street because you're jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you're hungry.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I worked with a guy who looked and acted just like that. He had a scruffy beard, suspenders, a smug smirk and only ever used vi as an editor. He was also reflexively liberal and smart as hell.

What!?!? This smart fellow used that bloated, fancy, WYSIWYG, user-friendly vi editor? No thanks. I am a real he man and wouldn't reduce myself to such eye-candy. Instead, I embrace the immutable fact, Ed Is The Standard Text Editor.

:-)

But of course, there are some who wouldn't even deign to use ed since real men of genius never make mistkaes and thus find the following more than sufficient:
cat > /usr/src/kernel.c

45 posted on 12/18/2011 11:33:39 AM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex
real men of genius never make mistkaes

You know, I believe you.

46 posted on 12/18/2011 12:13:35 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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To: Woodman
Yeah, That's what I've been trying to do, but it won't let me. Keeps telling me the Admin needs to do it. I'm the Admin. Go figger. I can't do anything with the XP *.pst file. I tried to back it up with ghost and then restore it to the Win 7 position, but still no go. Win 7 just has it locked down tight. I've tried to take ownership and still no go. I'll get it figured out some day, but right now, I just don't know. I'm the only account on the machine so I'm the admin, but I thought I might create an "admin" account and try that. I may have to reinstall everything from scratch and try again. something has a glitch in it somewhere. I figure it's Win 7 and not Office.

I use my machine to trade stocks and options, so I can't really get down and dirty till the weekends. I've been wanting to upgrade, but I have 4 screens and until recently, couldn't get but 2 to work. Bought a new video card and now have 4 screens on Win 7. Now I just need to get my email up and it's complete. I'll get it eventually, but it ain't vanilla. My final goal is to have Outlook save my email on a separate drive to save it from a c:\ crash or virus. I save my vitals on separate partitions or drives to just keep the program files on C:. I can always restore from my DVD's if the important stuff isn't lost. I haven't had Office long enough yet to figure out how to get it to save somewhere other than C:. I migrated from Office XP to Enterprise 2007 with no problem on my XP drive. Now that I want to migrate to Win 7,... all kinds of trouble.

47 posted on 12/18/2011 10:55:21 PM PST by chuckles
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To: chuckles
I believe that what you want to do will be easy once you have the right combo. I have done it quite a few times with differing versions of Windows and Outlook. Try going to the knowledge base at Microsoft and searching for an answer (here is the outlook KB link http://support.microsoft.com/ph/928 ).
48 posted on 12/19/2011 4:20:08 AM PST by Woodman
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To: RaceBannon

Dave: Open the door, HAL.

HAL9000: I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave!


49 posted on 12/19/2011 4:39:48 AM PST by liberateUS
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To: RaceBannon

Right click the program you wish to run. In the drop down menu you should see a selection “Run as Administrator.” Choose that selection.


50 posted on 12/19/2011 12:14:28 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: RaceBannon

My Win7 would not recognize me as administrator until I reinstalled Win7 and set myself up as administrator. Best Buy set up my computer in such a way that I would have to come back to them to do any administrator stuff. Usually when I get a new computer, the first thing I do is wipe and reinstall the OS. This time I was too lazy until it crashed.


51 posted on 12/19/2011 3:38:14 PM PST by Excellence (9/11 was an act of faith.)
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To: chuckles

Just think what it would be like if MS owned GM! But a copy of Linux puppy should enable you to move them. Boot from CD


52 posted on 12/19/2011 8:18:54 PM PST by daniel1212 (Our sinful deeds condemn us, but Christ's death and resurrection gains salvation. Repent +Believe)
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To: Excellence

BEST BUY is where I bought this one and it did NOT come with original WINDOWS disks!!

They told me that wqasn’t BEST BUY’s fault, it was HP’s fault!

I scramed at them, they sold me an upgrade for works to WORD, then when I needed the original WORKS disk to do the upgrade, I did’t have it!

scumwaffles, I complained loud enough, they did it free


53 posted on 12/19/2011 10:36:46 PM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: RaceBannon

No computer comes with original Windows disks anymore, just “recovery” disks, which have Windows on them, plus a bunch of other crap you may not need nor want. If you didn’t receive recovery disks, you can make them from Windows. Still, you should have had Works on the recovery disks; I prefer Works to Word any day.


54 posted on 12/20/2011 8:11:59 AM PST by Excellence (9/11 was an act of faith.)
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To: Excellence

I didnt get any disks at all, not one

zip, zero, nada


55 posted on 12/20/2011 4:21:25 PM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: Excellence

I didnt get any disks at all, not one

zip, zero, nada


56 posted on 12/20/2011 4:23:10 PM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: RaceBannon

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Create-a-system-repair-disc


57 posted on 12/20/2011 4:31:58 PM PST by Excellence (9/11 was an act of faith.)
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To: Excellence

Just as an aside... there is a lot of wisdom behind the idea of initially setting up your admin account... but also setting up a standard user account to actually use for your day-to-day operations. That way, even if the computer becomes somehow compromised by a virus, trojan or whatnot, your account doesn’t have the permissions to do some of the more wicked things to the computer.

Ideally, we should all be operating daily in a reduced-permission account and only use an account with root rights for the times you need it, like installing something new, or making deeper system changes.

I finally set up my Dad’s computer that way... and it has saved his butt (and a few of my weekends) a few times already.


58 posted on 12/20/2011 4:36:59 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I'd give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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