Link a Live ID to the Built-In Administrator Account?

[Synomenon]

I've just installed Windows 8 Pro. x64. I signed in with my Live ID and it created an administrator account linked to that ID.

Once the initial setup was done, I went into secpol.msc and enabled the built-in administrator account.

Rebooted, logged in with the built-in administrator account and deleted the first created account (linked to the Live ID).


This is how I've been running Windows since XP.

Is there any way to link my Live ID to this built-in administrator account? I have everything else working, including the metro / modern-ui apps..

 

[Nothinman]

Why in the world would you jump through those hoops just to do that?

 

[Synomenon]

No hoops. All of this took a minute to do. I just need to find a way to link my Live ID to the built-in administrator account.

Also, with the first created account, I would always get an annoying prompt whenever moving files / pasting them into the root of C:\ or doing anything else that would change system settings.

 

[Fardringle]

There is a reason why Windows warns you about those things. And why the built-in admin account is usually disabled..

 

[Synomenon]

Like I mentioned above; I've been running Windows like this since XP (so at least 11 years) and it's been perfectly fine AND I haven't had to deal with any of the annoying prompts or screen darkening to get my attention.

Do you know how to link a Live ID to the built-in administrator account in Windows 8?

 

[cboath]

You could also simply have turned off the UAC. The 'annoying prompts' would have been gone.

I thought there was something in User Accounts about linking you user account, but I don't know if administrator shows up there.

 

[Synomenon]

Yes, most of the prompts did stop, but it still kept prompting me when I tried to move or past a file / file(s) into the root of C:

 

[Nothinman]

So stop using the root of the system volume, that's not what it's for.
The first OP is a list of hoops you jumped through because they're not necessary to use the system properly.
Just because you were doing something a certain way on a system that's over a decade old and 3 major revisions behind doesn't mean you should carry that over to newer systems.

Sorry, I don't have the answer to your main question other than "you're dong it wrong".

 

[Synomenon]

Look, you didn't have to reply to this thread at all. If you don't know how to do what I'm asking then leave the thread.

Also, I mentioned this is the way I've been using Windows SiNCE XP. I've gone through Vista and 7 doing this too.

 

[cboath]

Yes, most of the prompts did stop, but it still kept prompting me when I tried to move or past a file / file(s) into the root of C:

You could also simply change the permissions on the root of the c drive as well.

Or, is there a reason it HAS to be the root of C? Could you just make another folder in the C drive, deal with the pop up once, and then use that subfolder instead of the root?