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Vista - taking ownership vs. UAC

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ColKurtz

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I just upgraded to Vista 64 last weekend so I'm just now learning some of the differences. I've run into a few hassles relating to the new filesystem rules, and I'm wondering if anyone can help explain the difference in these 2 situations.

1) I tried to update my hosts file and got an error "persmission denied' (or something of the sort). I found out that I have to either take ownership of the file or elevate my editor before opening the file.

2) in another case, I was editing some exisiting text config files in the \program files (x86)\ directory, and when I tried to save I got an error "Cannot create the (path\filename)... make sure the path and filename are correct. After a little searching I saw posts advising that only disabling UAC would resolve this, and it did.

In both cases I am logged in as admin and have full permissions.

Can anyone explain the difference in behavior? Are threre different rules for the \Windows tree vs. the Program Files tree?

TIA.
 
In both cases I am logged in as admin and have full permissions.
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No you aren't. Your logged in as an administrator and have a restricted use token. After you allow the UAC prompt you're actually running with full privs for that operation. Thats why your seeing the differences...
 
Does disabling UAC mean an admin is always operating with full privileges or does it just stop the alerts ?

Also, is there a way to completely do away with Vista's ownership file scheme and still use Vista ?
 
Is there a way to make file management in Vista work like XP ? I have multiple computers in a home enviroment, I don't need Vista stopping me from moving files and folders between users and machines.
 
Originally posted by: Tom
Is there a way to make file management in Vista work like XP ? I have multiple computers in a home enviroment, I don't need Vista stopping me from moving files and folders between users and machines.
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Open an elevated command prompt, and enter: net user administrator /active:yes

When you restart, the "Real" admin account (as opposed to a User account with Admin priveledges) will be available. Give it a password, KK?
 
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