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Originally Posted by enner100 Also how do you give yourself full administrator privileges? I am the only user on the pc and I log in as administrator yet I am still going told I cannot perform certain actions.
For example I have a USB telephone that I use with a program called Skype. There are no Vista drivers for the USB phone at the moment. However there is a workaround that involves going to an XP machine that has the USB phone installed. You have to copy a file named usbaudio.sys from XP windows/system32/drivers folder and then add it to the Vista windows/system32/drivers folder (replacing the Vista one). The XP bit was ok but in Vista when I try to do that I get told “Destination folder access denied. You need permission to perform this action” I can get into the folder I just can’t make any changes or delete any of the files inside
Also when Vista boots up I get told certain start up programs have been denied access to start. One of them is a realtek ac’97 sound driver? I try to change the permission on this but I can’t. Again I think this is because I don’t have full privileges. Also with some start up programs I have to keep on giving them permission to start up.
It is driving me nuts. So how do I get Vista to stop treating me like an idiot? If I try to open device manager I really do want to open device manager. I don’t need to be asked “are you sure you want to do this” |
Welcome enner. We are very glad you are here.
First, disable User Access Control (UAC) by going Control Panel > User Accounts. UAC is a pretty significant security feature that prevents programs from being installed without you being totally aware. I use UAC, and it is just a minor annoyance having become used to it.
Despite logging in being a member of the Administrator Group, you still sometimes may have to give yourself full permissions on folders, etc., and to take ownership of them before you can do desired things. To do both, use (folder) Properties > Security and later (folder) Properties > Security > Advanced.