Apparently, many users who work with computers running Windows-systems of the seventh version and higher, very often faced with the situation when, when starting some process, uninstalling the program or deleting files, the system gives a notification that you don’t have enough rights to perform the selected action, and regarding the permission, you must make a request to the system administrator. It is clear that if we were talking about a computer terminal located in an office or in an enterprise with an extensive network structure, where there is, so to speak, a “live” system administrator responsible for ensuring information security, when he can really limit user actions, there would be no questions arose. But how to contact the Windows 7 system administrator if you work at a computer at home and are the only registered user? It turns out that you are your own admin. So why does the system constantly redirect you to a non-existent user?
How to contact your Windows 7 system administrator: What does such a system recommendation mean?
Unfortunately, it was in the seventh version of the system that the practice of introducing a hidden account of the so-called super administrator was first applied, which subsequently migrated to newer operating systems. Apparently, everyone knows that some actions just need to be performed on behalf of the administrator, usually using all kinds of context menus. It’s easy to understand the logic of Microsoft experts, because in this way they tried to stop the execution of rash user actions that could theoretically harm the system itself (launch malicious applications, delete files critical for Windows to work, etc.). But it is often impossible to get rid of self-installed programs.
Well, if it only concerned applications. And what if, when you try to roll back when system failures occur, a message pops up saying that Windows 7 system recovery has been disabled by the system administrator? To fix such situations, you can offer some simple solutions, which in most cases are to add yourself the rights to perform any actions or completely disable the "superuser" account. It should be noted right away that only cases related to home users will be considered below, since even logging in as an administrator in an office can be very problematic (although you can, if you know how to crack a password or delete this registration).
What is important to know when uninstalling some programs?
To begin, consider the simplest situation associated with uninstalling some types of applications. Windows 7 administrator rights are not always required for this. So, for example, applications like Skype, uTorrent or clients for mobile equipment do not stop working even when the main window is closed, but are minimized to the system tray, continuing to function in the background. That is why when you try to uninstall them, a notification is issued stating that you do not have enough rights.
In this case, you just need to close the application, using the hidden tray icon area and the corresponding RMB menu item on the program icon.
Sometimes you can find out where the application executable is located on disk (for example, through the properties of a shortcut or section of programs and components). Usually, the uninstaller file (Uninstall.exe) will also be located in the same folder.
It must be run on behalf of the administrator through RMB, after which the program will be deleted without problems.
How to become a system administrator in Windows 7?
As for adding rights to yourself, there are several methods for performing such actions.
In the simplest case, you can simply change the type of your own account to administrator or include it in the Administrators group through the accounts section in the Control Panel.
To be able to edit or delete files, you can use the properties of the file or directory, and on the security tab, after clicking the change button, select the checkbox for the full access point for the selected user group.
In addition, in the same section of accounts, you can create a new registration with administrator rights, and then get rid of the “account”, which cannot be added using standard methods. This method is relevant when entering a blocked account using safe mode if you have forgotten your password.
Note: for some unremovable objects it is sometimes advisable to change the owner using its properties and additional parameters, however, in the case of system files, this number will not work, although you can use the Unlocker utility.
How to enable or disable a super admin account?
Speaking about how to contact the Windows 7 system administrator, we should not forget some of the actions used for the built-in “accounting” of the super-admin. To do this, you need to call the command line (only on behalf of the administrator), and then you can perform two types of actions (turning the account on and off). How to enable system administrator in Windows 7?
First, you can activate the super-admin by typing the command shown above. After that, when you log into the system, your current account and superuser registration will be displayed (by default, it is not protected with a password). Having logged in under the administrator, you can perform any action.
Secondly, if such a method seems inconvenient to you, you can disable the administrator at all by performing the combination presented above. After that, most of the default actions will be performed with superuser rights (except for actions with some system applets, directories and files).
Additional steps to disable requests
How to contact the Windows 7 system administrator (or systems of a rank higher) and whether you need to do this is a little clear. Now it’s worth saying a few words about the deactivation of constant requests from the system regarding the trustful attitude to the running applets, which are very annoying for many.
In account management, click on the link for changing the control level of “accounts”, and then in the new window move the slider on the left to the lowest position. But keep in mind that in this case, absolutely all applications that can run on the computer, including dangerous viruses, will have equal rights with you.
Is it necessary to reduce control to the limit and give yourself maximum rights?
If to summarize all of the above, it can be noted that it is not worthwhile to completely disable the "accounting" control or grant yourself maximum rights to any actions in the system, if only for security reasons. It’s best to activate the super-admin and log in with its registration to perform some system settings, and for the local user (even at the administrator level) the rights are somewhat limited, because the creators of viruses and malicious codes, all kinds of spies and attackers do not sleep ...