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Using Vista or Windows 7?
Have you ever had an error message pop up that something "can only be run as Administrator" , but, wait a minute, aren't you the Administrator on this computer so it should run when you click it, but it doesn't.

There is a hidden but disabled Administrator Account that you can enable and do the job. Not a difficult job to enable it.

Enable the Hidden Admin Account.

Remember to disable it after you have done what you need to.

It is worth Bookmarking the link.

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dave.m wrote:Using Vista or Windows 7?
Have you ever had an error message pop up that something "can only be run as Administrator" , but, wait a minute, aren't you the Administrator on this computer so it should run when you click it, but it doesn't.

There is a hidden but disabled Administrator Account that you can enable and do the job. Not a difficult job to enable it.

Enable the Hidden Admin Account.

Remember to disable it after you have done what you need to.

It is worth Bookmarking the link.

dave

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I did have something that came up on this site yesterday something about the server,what is this hidden thing you are talking about ,what does it do.
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diyguys wrote:I did have something that came up on this site yesterday something about the server,what is this hidden thing you are talking about ,what does it do.
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