Sometimes, we need to launch applications on our system with elevated privileges. We can do so by selecting the Run as Administrator option in the right-click context menu for a particular application ...

I run my Win10 machine on a standard user account, and don't mind entering the admin creds when installing/removing software. But there are certain things I run frequently that require admin access to ...

Admin Privileges and User Accounts have become standard on Windows. There are two types of users on Windows: Administrators and Standard users. While administrators get unrestricted access to all the ...

Steel Run As is a freeware utility that allows you to assign administrator permissions (or put the system in administrator mode) so that certain applications or commands can execute without having to ...

Even if you've set up your user account to be an Administrator (the default setting if yours is the only account on the PC), Windows insists on running most programs using a standard user token.

While the cause to run universal apps logged in as an admin may never come up, it's now possible to do this in Windows 10. Conventional wisdom has long held that you should avoid logging in as an ...

If you're sick of seeing those UAC pop-ups, you can get rid of them by setting programs to run in administrator mode by default. Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is ...

Running a printer in administrator mode gives you access to additional configuration options that can help you set up or troubleshoot the printer. If you installed the printer yourself in a small ...

If you've set up your kid's login to the family PC with limited rights, you can run programs as an administrator by using Windows "Run As.." option. Right click the [program's] icon, select Run As ...

Ever since XP, I've been running as admin instead of user. For a new Vista install I decided that I really should go back to running as a user. I'd like to know who else runs with regular user ...

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