I'm using an HP a6827c dual channel 64 bit machine and have been trying to disable the completely the admin control system using a solution from this forum by going to an elevated command prompt and typing a command string. the instructions say to type using "Bold" characters. (Does not work in regular font)(I tried that).
How does one change to bold font in the command prompt window?
I'm a beginner at this and especially in Vista. DOS was such a long time ago so I need help badly. I understand that doing away with admin controls compromises security but plan to switch back after I clean up some of the files that I can't seem to delete now. I have been working with the Brink reply 6/1/07 and like someone else I read about on one of the posts, I feel that if we own our computer, are the only administrators and users, that we should have total control and not the computer or MS... Kekoa
Assuming that this is the Tutorial that you are referring to http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html then the parts in bold are merely to indicate the commands you should enter at the prompt. They do not have to be in bold when you enter them.
If this is not the Tutorial you are referring to, which one is it?
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Thanks for your quick reply and welcome Dwarf. Yes, that's the correct post that I was working on. I didn't realize that the bold indication was only for pointing out the correct command. I've always been used to stuff in quotes.
Ihave tried just typing in the command but it did not work. Must be I'm doing something wrong. I know I have an elevated prompt.
When I turn my computer on I'm logged on as administrator. Do I have to log on as a guest or someone with standard provilage?
I'm trying to gain full control of my machine so that I can delete some left over files from an uninstall. I have also tried another forum solution where a right click drop down menu has an entry for "Allow Full Administration Control" but this does not work also and I still get the disallow messages and retry stuff. Got that from another forum--My Digital Life-- "Take Owenership and Access Right Click Menu"--11/3/07. I'm open to any suggestion. Thanks again.
Kekoa
Are you sure that you are doing this from the correct account? See the warning under Step 3 of the Tutorial.
It is inadvisable to disable the administrator account (the one that gets created when you install Vista) as it can lead to problems should you need to perform an action which requires administrative credentials. Instead, you should create and use a password for this account and then create a standard account for day-to-day use.
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I realize the security risk of going without UAC but why is it that when I turn on my machine, and me being the administrator, I still don't have total control and unable to delete some files (non-system)?. Yes I am sure that I'm on as administrator and with a guest user account available with standard privilage. However, I'll recheck everything again. Apprantly Vista has a hidden administrator called the "Real Built-in Administrator Account", hence the article to enable and disable that account. Thanks...Kekoa
Also in Vista it seems not all Admin command prompts are equal. I found when I launch cmd.exe from a script or batch file, even though it says "Administrator" in the command prompt caption, there are some things I can't do that I can do if I open the cmd prompt from the Start Menu=>Accessories folder. Don't ask me why, it's Windows!