Often, novice users start having problems because they cannot start some kind of program or file that requires administrator rights in the system. Actually, running as an administrator is not out of the ordinary and in most cases is quite simple. There are two ways to launch games or programs with administrator rights: either you give administrator rights to your entire account, or you simply run its file with the appropriate system privileges. First you need to understand the administration settings, for which you need to do some “magic passes”.
So, starting as an XP administrator is as follows. Click on the coveted “Start” button and look for the “Control Panel” item there. We are looking for “User Account Management” there, and then click on the user’s icon. If you are an administrator, then the corresponding inscription will appear next to the username .
What about Windows 7? Running as administrator on this operating system is just as easy. In the same way, look for the same “Control Panel” and look for the item with user accounts there, then click on it. In the end, you should also click on your username.
If your account is not an administrator, then you will have to work a bit to fix this annoying error. To do this, you must change the record type to administrator. In the same dialog box that opens by clicking on the name of your account, find the item "Change your account type." By clicking on it, you will be taken to the next window with the settings in which you need to check the box next to the type that you need.
All. From now on, launching as an administrator in most cases will be automatic and without your participation. But if not, then what to do then? Oh, even in this case, you should not expect any special difficulties.
In the good old XP, the following manipulations must be performed. It is necessary to hold down and hold the Shift button on the keyboard, and then right-click on the program shortcut or on the executable file, after which it will be necessary to find the item “Run as” in the pop-up context menu. Clicking on this item select an administrator entry. If this account is password protected, then running on behalf of the administrator will be possible only with his knowledge. In older versions of the Windows operating system, it is still easier.
So, in Windows Vista 7 & 8, follow these steps. You should right-click on the file or shortcut of the program, and then select the “Properties” item in the pop-up context menu. There is a tab called "Compatibility", which you need to look at the top of the window. In it you need to find the item "Level of Rights". Immediately below it is an empty flag “Run this program as administrator”, which you need to fill out by clicking on it with the left button of your “rodent”. After that click on the “OK” button.
As you can see, running as administrator is quite simple.