I got a new laptop and while setting it up, it asked microsoft account. So I gave my microsoft account. Now I could use the laptop using that account for regular browsing and other activities. But the problem is when I am trying to execute some commands, it says I am not administrator or I need to run the cmd as administrator.  What I don't get is, I am logging into the windows using microsoft account. I see a folder in C:/Users/. Now am I a local user or a admin user?  Microsoft account creates a local user by default for windows?  Why do I need to run command prompt as an administrator for some commands? Am I not admin for my own system? If not, who am I while using the system? Microsoft account user or local user?
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My account, david, is in the Administrators group on a Windows 7 machine.  I am still having problems with programs that I should be able to use, such as SQL Server. Specifically, my account seems to not have correct permissions when I am working.  I know with an Administrator account I should have full access. How can I force my account (david) to act like an admin account and have full access to everything?
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Long story short, someone repaired my brother's computer and set a password on his account, now we can't get in and can't contact the person who set the password.  Is it possible to create a Windows XP user if I have access to the windows partition, from a linux partition or pendrive, for example TinyCore?  Thanks for any pointers!
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When I access the Run dialog in Windows 8 and type cmd, it opens a command prompt but it doesn't have administrative privileges.  Looking for cmd at the default start screen does show a command prompt shortcut but it is not admin either.  Is there a way of opening an admin command prompt or it is not possible anymore?
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I have multiple accounts on my Windows 7 system. Sevral of these are for services, rather than users, yet they still show on the Windows 7 Login screen.  Is it possible NOT to display these non-user accounts on the login screen?
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The problem can be reproduced as follows:   When I remove the password of an administrator account, "Log In without Password", I cannot use that account to authenticate. When I do something that requires authentication, I cannot use an admin without a password to authenticate. If I leave the password box blank without a password while choosing a non-password admin, authentication fails (in terminal or in GUI).   How to fix this problem?
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I have a windows 7 user who belongs to admin group. I want to execute sc command that requires admin privileges. I DON'T want to open an elevated cmd, want to be able to simply Win+R->Enter command, enter password and that's all. I tried the runas command, but it doesn't seem to work:  &gt;runas /user:me "cmd"   and it asks for a password, and then the command is executed with normal privileges. I know I could use /user:administrator but I don't know the admin pass and I think the admin user (me) should work.
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I was trying to use mklink command in cmd (I have Windows 7 OS) I was logged on as administrator, but I got:  You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation.  I used the same command in Vista, it worked OK. Any ideas why it does not work in Windows 7?
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My user account on Windows 7 is part of the Administrators group which has a full control permissions on C:\inetpub\wwwroot:    However, when I try to create a folder in it, I get the "access denied" error. This is fixed by adding my specific user account to the list but that shouldn't be necessary should it?
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I always work on a non-administrator account on my Windows computer. Sometimes I need to install programs which requires administrator access. As I mostly use the Windows command prompt, is there a Windows command to escalate privileges, similar to the Linux terminal command sudo?
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When a user boots Windows is there a way to only show a single user that then asks for a password. For example, I have an admin user and a regular user. When the computer boots I do not want the user to see the admin account. Is this possible? If so, how would an admin then login?  I have Windows 7 if that matters.
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There's been one problem I've had since I installed Ubuntu to run alongside Windows, I assume this would also be the same if it was installed to replace the other operating system as well, the installer prompts you to create a password upon typing in the user account name and if you don't put in a password and just put in the user account name, it ends up saying to create a password. My comparison is in Windows and Mac OS X, you are never forced to create a password.  If you remove the password on your Admin account in System Settings > User Accounts, you won't be able to authenticate whenever you try to install something, because it requests for a password and putting in no password at all isn't going to work, it will just act as if you put in an invalid password. This is what I call "getting locked out of privileges".  I'm finding the "Authenticate" window that comes up whenever you install something or accessing somewhere a nuisance, 'cause it always requests for your password.  So my question is - Why does Ubuntu force users to create a password upon installation?
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When I installed Windows 8, I deliberately chose not to use a Microsoft account to sign in. I like to keep things separate, and just logon with a traditional local account. Any apps that require me to sign-in with my Live account, will have to prompt me to sign-in.  Now, I just updated to 8.1, but towards the end of the setup process, I was asked to sign-in with a Microsoft account or create one.  Unlike when installing Windows 8, there didn't seem to be any option to skip that step, or otherwise close the sign-in prompt and continue to my updated Windows installation. At least not that I could find.  This is particular annoying, when setting up computers for friends and family, whom I support. They may not have, or have any interest in getting, a Microsoft account and I'm reluctant to use my own.  I realize I can disconnect my Microsoft account after the fact, but is there really no way to install, or upgrade to, Windows 8.1, without being forced to create a Microsoft account? If there is, how does one go about that?
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I want the option to open a Command window or Powershell window as Administrator from the drive and directory context menus in Windows.   I can have either by creating and populating the special 'runas' registry keys shown below, but is there a way I can have both listed on the context menu and have both run as Administrator?  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas] ... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas\command] ... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas] ... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command] ... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\runas] ... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\runas\command] ...
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If a user is setup as System Administrator profile, the user can login as other user. However, is there any option that I can enable this function for other profile except System Administrator because I don't want to give them other System Administrator permission access?  In the past as I remember in summer 12, there's an option called "managing user permission" which allow me to disable or enable the profile to login as other user. But I don't see this anymore.
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Running an application as a different user (e.g. domain admin account) from the start menu (by shift + right-clicking the application) used to be an option in Windows 7 &amp; XP.  However, I can't find that option in Windows 10. The workaround seems to be either 1) to find the application in Windows Explorer (shift + right-click) or 2) use runas.exe from the command line.  However, in order to use those workarounds, I have look up the executable name first. It's a bit difficult because I don't have the name of every RSAT tool or executable name memorized.  (e.g. "Active Directory Users and Computers" is dsa.msc, "Routing and Remote Acces" is rrasmgmt.msc)  Is there a simpler way to do this?
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At my workplace, Windows 7 machines are being rolled out, and users are not being granted administrative privileges.  My department creates applications that run locally on the user's machine, and those are working normally (as far as we've seen).  One application, on the other hand, does not.  It's the application that updates the others (our 'Update Agent').  So, when the user runs the Update Agent, they're immediately stopped with an error, since that application was not able to write to C:\Program Files\our app\  We need a way for these Windows 7 machines to allow this application to be run as administrator or with admin rights when the user executes them.  Since these users will never be given the administrator password, 'Run As Administrator' is not an option.  The user will need to click on shortcut, and it run with enough permissions to modify that folder, write to the registry, etc.  What I'm hoping for is some kind of GPO or policy or something that can be configured on the domain level that will allow this to occur; or, something configured on the client machines once.  Our applications are .net Framework 1.1 and 2.0, and signed with a key.    Any insight would be appreciated.
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I have a computer with Windows XP installed.  My user does not have a password.  When Windows starts, it goes to the login screen. Because my user has no password, is there any way to bypass this screen, and log in automatically?