How to Get Full Administrator Rights in Windows Vista

Tip 1 - How to access the true Administrator account in Windows Vista

Microsoft has purposely hidden the built-in Administrator account in Vista, but it's easy to use once you know how to find it, writes Scot Finnie.

Tip 2 - How to Get Full Administrator Rights in Windows Vista | eHow

If you have upgraded from Windows XP to Windows Vista, you may be surprised that the "Administrator" account seems to be missing. Although Vista allows you to create nominal "Administrator" accounts, by design they do not permit full, unrestricted access to your computer. According to Microsoft's "Windows Vista: Inside Out," the primary...

Tip 3 - How can I get Administrator rights under Windows Vista or Windows 7? - Spybot Anti-malware and Antivirus

On Windows Vista and Windows 7, Spybot-S&D might tell you that you are not authorized to perform some actions, since they require Administrator rights. You can solve this problem as follows: Right-click the Spybot – Search & Destroy entry in … Continue reading →

Tip 4 - Administrator privileges in Windows Vista

I have administrator privileges in Windows Vista. Even then I have to run few programs as 'Run as Administrator'( by right click menu option) to make them work successfully. For e.g. I am able to

Tip 5 - Enable the (Hidden) Administrator Account on Windows 7, 8, or 10

Many people familiar with prior versions of Windows are curious what happened to the built-in Administrator account that was always created by default. Does this account still exist, and how can you access it?

Tip 6 - Access a hidden administrator account in Windows Vista

For security reasons, administrator accounts in a Windows Vista operating system are hidden by default. It is however possible to access hidden administrator accounts. The hidden administrator account needs to be accessed in order for the user to be...