Why Doesn't Local Administrator Group Have Full Administrator Rights
Feb 22, 2010
A little background and info: I support a number of people who for one reason or another need to be able to do things a local admin can do like install programs and start services (or more accurately allow a program they're running to start a service). All users are in the local administrators group. The local admin account is enabled (and renamed) so that we as administrators have local access when the machine comes in for service. The machines are joined to a AD domain so that we can control a lot of the security via GPO. Everything worked fine in XP.
We are getting a few different "you do not have permission" errors. When the user tries to run OpenAFS (which starts a service) they get a "you do not have permission" error. There is no way around this error.
Also, when the users try to run Lotus Notes they get a "you do not have permission" error. When we go into compatibility mode and check the "run as administrator" (or just right click and "run as administrator) it works fine, but they have to click the elevated privileges. The program was installed while logged in as the user.
Again, all users are members of the local administrators group. When the local admin account logs in all these programs run fine. This behavior started in Vista and I chalked it up to "vista sucks". Windows 7 so far seems to be great, except that like in vista, members of the local administrators group are not really local administrators. How do I make them true local administrators?
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May 31, 2010
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit isn't giving me,full administrator rights. So what is happening is that if you open up "Control userpasswords2" in command prompt, it has me listed as Homeusers: Administrators. This isn't full power, everytime I restart or do something I need to active just administrator.
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Jul 7, 2010
I am the only user on my machine. When I look at the user account it says I am an administrator. However, when I try to run certain programs, or access certain folders, I get a message that Administrator privileges are needed and I don't have them.
How do I correct this so I have administrator privileges?
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Jan 27, 2012
I have this problem on a couple machines. I have created a user and put them in the local administrators group. They still get error messages when trying to install printers/browsers/programs and whe they try to run programs like IIS or device manager. The error says you need administrator rights to install or run the program. I have also disabled UAC to test that out. No luck.
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I am trying to upgrade some software on my Windows 7 system. (Scan Disk upgrade) I continue to get a messages that says I must have "Administrators Rights" to continue.
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Dec 5, 2012
I have three accounts on my Win7 PC. 2 Standard, 1 Admin. I have started using this PC since yesterday after a 4 month hiatus.
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Aug 25, 2012
I have just bought a shiny new Samsung Laptop with Win7 running on it. I have connected to my old Acer Laptop via the wireless network and it is transferring files across. For one file though it refused to copy it without the Administrator's permission! What the hell - it's my computer and it does what I tell it to do! (Except that it won't).
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Nov 3, 2012
I have access to the laptop via the account but this is limited as it is not an administrator. I know the password for administrator but as I have wrecked the administrator account it is not functional.
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Dec 5, 2012
Anyway, I have three accounts on my Windows 7 Lenovo Ideacentre. 2 Standard, 1 Admin. I started using this PC yesterday after a 4 month hiatus.unfortunately, I've forgotten the password to my admin account. Thus I am extremely restricted and cannot even install new software.
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Feb 5, 2012
I am running W7 Pro as a sole user with full Administrators rights on a new PC. I have been installing software such as Word 2002, my scanner and similar but hit a problem when attempting to install Pinnacle Studio Plus 9 when I received the message that I need Administrators rights to install software when I put the CD into the drive. I know that Pinnacle Studio Plus 9 is identified as being for up to XP; could this be the reason for the message? I am unsure as to whether XP Mode has been enabled as yet but am aware that W7 Pro has this facility.
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I don't know how it happened. In Control Panel, I am the admin.In netplwiz, I am in Administrators. (I remember it as being HomeUsers, Administrators).
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Mar 1, 2012
I have to reinstall my iTunes because it isn't working properly. The problem is that it will install partway, then it tells me it can't continue because I don't have administrator rights. I am the only user and the administrator on the computer. It says to contact the administrator--I have told myself the problem
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Aug 9, 2012
I am trying to install software off a cd but it says "To install this software you must have administrator rights" but I am the only user on this PC and I am the administrator.
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Dec 14, 2011
I have Windows 7 Home Premium OS.Now, whenever I try to rename a file, it always shows the warning, "you will need administrator permission to rename this file"Now, I am the administrator and the only user for the system.The file is NOT a READ ONLY file.
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Sep 23, 2011
We have a home network of 7 computers and have been using Win 7 Pro and Office 2010 Pro Plus together without error since about May until mid-summer when I began using MS Outlook. When I started using Outlook on my laptop it took over all user permissions on the network making me the administrator/owner. I don't know if Outlook is responsible. I am just making connections with the timing. Folders were shared that should not have been shared and the file system got mixed up. Files came up with strange attribute settings. It appears that my computer encrypted files that reside on other computers leaving other users unable to access them.
On the occasions that we have wiped my hard drive and others to fix the problem by starting over, everything seems fine until I start using MS Outlook again. It may be important to know that I am the only one that uses Outlook on the network. And, by the way, when I say start over, I mean that we wiped drives with various software such as DriveScrubber, and others, to no avail. Later, we used disk part and thought we had it licked, but NO. After that, we discovered how to delete the volume shadow copies, but it still comes back every time like a haunting or something.
We even bought brand new hard drives and installed them on all computers, bought a firewalled router, and carefully and meticulously reinstalled our software from disks making sure that everything was in order. We have isolated old files to eliminate the possibility of virus or malware. We have discussed the problem with the cable company and with Norton. I can accept the fact that I might have changed a setting unknowingly in the beginning, however, the problem will not go away after careful reinstallation and setup.
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May 16, 2012
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May 16, 2012
I'm trying to remove the option for user's to right click on programs and select 'run as administrator' i need to keep the right click menu but have the 'run as administrator' option either grayed out or removed.
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After 5 days of trying to make a domain using Windows Server 2008 and getting a DNS error I cracked it and my other laptop could join my domain.I made an account in Active Directory Users and Computers and made it a standard user but in the log on screen I entered the credentials I get an error."You cannot log on using this method please contact you local administrator" or something like that.
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Dec 24, 2012
Not a big deal and kind of humorous but on my Win 7 PC I have administrator access.But there are times the computer says I don't have access to do a particular function and that I need Admin access to do the task, even though I am the one logged in and have administrator access.I guess I could generate another account and give admin access and see if that works but was just wondering if there was something weird about a setting.
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Aug 15, 2011
My problem is with my new laptop running Windows 7. I am trying to open a couple different applications and am being denied access although I am listed as "Administrator".
I followed a step-by-step to change my access by allowing myself to have "Full Control" but when it goes through files many of them say "Access Denied" and I have to click "Ok" a thousand times.
I fear that I've already picked up something nasty on my machine. I have downloaded Spybot and it's giving me the below information after clicking the "Fix Above" button:
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The second one repeats 2 more times.
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Feb 14, 2011
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Apr 16, 2011
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Aug 19, 2011
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Jan 14, 2013
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