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THE BEST VISTA TIP!
First let me start by saying that one of the main features of Windows Vista
is the new user accounts security enhancements, but sometimes, defaults don't
meet everyone's taste when it comes to how we deal with our PCs. In fact it'll
drive you crackers......I for one, always used full administrator accounts since
I first knew what a Windows user account is, and never been hit by a virus/spyware/crap,
using common sense and updated AV software, so I don't want to give permissions
to myself or face strange error messages every time I do a simple task on my
computer. After all its my machine not Gates's!
We know UAC feature in Windows Vista, and we all know how to disable it, , but
even after you disable UAC, you'll have other prompts about folder/file
permissions errors sometimes (I faced it in strange, unexpected occasions, like
deleting an empty folder for a program left by the uninstaller), or you'll need
to right click and select "Run as Administrator" for most applications to
work/install correctly.
That's because Microsoft made the administrators accounts (in local
administrators group) run as standard users, unless we give permissions for
every and each administrative tasks, with a little difference when UAC is turned
on/off
Enough introductions, lets get our hands dirty:
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Remember that cute "Administrator" account you see when you login to safe mode
in XP? That's the built-in administrator account that's installed by default,
and disabled by default too, after a little digging-in I made this tutorial
that'll let you enable and use this account in normal mode, and with a little
other tweak, enjoying an XP-like administrator experience, while UAC is left ON
(or off, it doesn't matter), but with no prompts or right clicks.
For Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise:
1- Click Start, and type "secpol.msc" in the search area and click Enter. (You
may receive a prompt from UAC, approve/login and proceed)
2- In the left list, choose "Local Policies", then "Security Options"
3- Set "Accounts: Administrator account status" to Enabled.
4- Set "User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator
account" to Disabled.
For Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium:
1- Click Start, and type "cmd" in the search area, right click on "Command
Prompt" and select 'Run as Administrator".
2- In the command prompt type "net users Administrator /active:yes" (Note the
capital "A" in Administrator) and press Enter, you will get a confirmation as
"The command completed successfully".
3- Click Start, and type "regedit" in the search area and click Enter, navigate
to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Double click on "FilterAdministratorToken" and set it to "0"
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Now log-off, and you'll see new account named "Administrator" is available,
click on it to login.
Now you are the master of your domain! I recommend if you're going to use this
method is to apply it as soon as you do a fresh install of Windows, so you can
simply delete whatever administrator you've created in the setup process, and
make this one the "real" administrator for your PC, also you can rename this new
admin account or change its password like any other account from "User Accounts"
in the Control Panel.
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