When using a Windows computer, you may find yourself needing to manage to hardware connected to the computer. This can be done by opening the device manager as an admin, where you can modify, update ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 11's sudo command revolutionizes elevated permissions, making PowerShell's 'Run as Administrator' method obsolete.

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Anyone know the difference, or point me to a reference somewhere? I have a program that does <B>not</B> run correctly on Vista with UAC disabled, but <I>does</I> run correctly with UAC functioning but ...

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 ...

What looks like the highest permission level is actually just one step below.