Applications in Vista can only see my admin accounts desktop

[oynaz]

Many of my applications behaves as if I am logged in with my admin account instead of my user account. When I try to open files in for instance Winamp, I can see the admin's desktop, and cannot see the user account's mapped network drives.

This behavior is very annoying. Does anyone have a solution?

 

[oynaz]

It seems that Vista is unable to handle multiple accounts properly!

Whenever I approve a change with the admin password when logged in as user, any programs assume I log in as administrator afterwards. How on Earth did this bug make it through testing?

Bravo, Microsoft :-(

 

[mechBgon]

You don't want WinAmp or other media players demanding Admin rights in the first place. That would be a Very Bad Idea?. Can you list the specific software programs and their exact versions which are giving you problems?

 

[VinDSL]

I'm a WinAMP fanboui - the first thing I installed on Vista. I'm currently running version 5.51 (Bento skin).

It doesn't demand Admin rights! And, when I open a file, it doesn't allow access to anything it shouldn't...

I suggest you look for your problem elsewhere!

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: oynaz
It seems that Vista is unable to handle multiple accounts properly!

There you go!

Blame it on Vista...

 

[oynaz]

No, no. You misunderstand. Winamp and Active ISO do not demand admin rights when running, but if I do something that demands admin rights, like moving something in the Start menu, most programs I use afterwards assume I am logged on as admin, and not as user. I need to reboot the computer to fix the issue. Given that Vista is extremely anal retentive regarding what require admin rights, this means I have to reboot the computer every 15 minutes or so.

To top it all off, Bluetooth only works when logged in as admin.

This renders common user accounts more or less useless. I guess this problem can be solved, but I begin to see why people want to downgrade to XP.

 

[VinDSL]

Well, here's how I see it...

The 'problem' is... since Win9x... users became accustomed to running Windows in admin mode - even in Enterprise (corporate) environments. Apps were written with this in mind - developed in admin mode - and tested in admin mode. User mode was an afterthought, if at all.

In home environments, pre-Vista, even 4 year-olds had full-blown admin rights - able to install anything they want, go anywhere they want on the web, yada, yada, yada.

In the past, Microsoft (wrongly) assumed 99% of the time, ppl were going to run in user mode, and 1% of the time in admin mode but, they supposedly 'discovered' ppl were actually running in admin mode 90% of the time and user mode 10% of the time - even though XP, for instance, remains in admin mode after installation. Hello?!?!?!

That being said...

Microsoft et al (after listening to security complaints for years) has decided enough-is-enough, and starting with Windows Vista - and from here on out - all users in the Windows ecosystem WILL be running in user mode - period. Exclamation!

I *think* the specific problem you're having is... you're used to doing things old skool style (as we all were) in admin mode - using legacy apps that aren't Vista-ready, yada, yada, yada. Now, Vista is forcing you to NOT run in admin mode, by design, and you're getting frustrated.

If I'm understanding your situation correctly (and I'm probably not) your choices might be to revert to an old skool OS, like XP, but I think I would try a format/clean install first... albeit an old skool solution! It's hard to break old habits, yes?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: oynaz
No, no. You misunderstand. Winamp and Active ISO do not demand admin rights when running, but if I do something that demands admin rights, like moving something in the Start menu, most programs I use afterwards assume I am logged on as admin, and not as user. I need to reboot the computer to fix the issue. Given that Vista is extremely anal retentive regarding what require admin rights, this means I have to reboot the computer every 15 minutes or so.

To top it all off, Bluetooth only works when logged in as admin.

This renders common user accounts more or less useless. I guess this problem can be solved, but I begin to see why people want to downgrade to XP.

That is not the normal user experience, if this is actually happening on your system something is horribly mucked up (or you may have an infection)