We recommend that you use this process only if you really require this process. To run a program as an administrator, follow these steps:. Right-click the icon that you use to run the program, and then click Run as administrator. When you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the administrator password, or click Continue.
For some program icons, the Run as administrator option is not available on the shortcut menu. For these program icons, follow these steps:. Right-click the icon that you use to run the program, and then click Properties. On the Shortcut tab, the Target box contains the location and the name of the program file. Right-click the program file, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
If you must run a program as an administrator, you may want to set up the program so that you automatically run it as an administrator. To do this, follow these steps:. On the Compatibility tab, click to select the Run this program as an administrator check box, and then click OK.
The Compatibility tab is not available for some program icons. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. For help with common system maintenance tasks in Windows Vista, visit the following Microsoft Web page:. Fix problems with common system maintenance tasks. Need more help? Expand your skills. Awesome PC Accessories. Best Linux Laptops. Best Wireless iPhone Earbuds.
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Take Screenshot by Tapping Back of iPhone. Windows 11 Default Browser. Look for account icons that lack the red disable mark. You should find at least one with computer administrator privileges. Follow the same steps to open Properties, but this time, click to add a check mark in the box labeled "Account Is Disabled. Double check that your Administrator account is enabled. Close Computer Management and restart Windows. When it comes back up, it will just load the Administrator account, since you haven't set a password.
For security reasons, this method should only be used on a temporary basis. Your Administrator account should not be left enabled without a password. So, have a look around, but don't move in. And when you're done, I strongly urge you to re-enable your user account s and promptly disable the Administrator account. If your goal in accessing the Administrator account is to ditch User Account Controls, a somewhat safer way to do that would be to stick with your account with computer-administrator privileges the one that is not named Administrator.
Open the User Account Control Panel. On the subsequent screen, you'll find an easy way to turn off UAC. There is another possible wrinkle on Method 2. It is possible to set a password for your Administrator account. But there's another way to manage user accounts: the User Accounts Control Panel. User Accounts doesn't display any settings for the Administrator account until you're booted into that account.
But once you're booted into Administrator, it lets you set a password for it without any negative effects. So this is a work-around if you'd like to leave your Administrator account enabled. It's important to protect it with a password that's not easy to guess or arrive at by trial and error. Despite what it may seem to some people, Microsoft's decision to disable and lightly hide the Administrator account in Windows was a very good one.
Millions of people have for many years been living in this account -- many without even having set a password for it. Doing so makes it easy for malware and hackers to waltz into an account that has unlimited access to the operating system. By changing the name for the account on your computer that has administrative privileges, and by setting a password for it, Windows security is raised considerably.
The user experience for dealing with User Account Control elevations, although improved in Windows Vista Post-Beta-2 Build , is still a little rough. Microsoft has designed UAC in a way that keeps you from having to reboot between changes, but there are still too many nuisance UAC prompts.
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