You need administrator permission etc.

I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except for one
annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the latest is trying
to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need administrator's
permission or whatever to make the change. I am the only one using the
machine and no one else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this annoying
"administrator" warning? This never happened on my Vista or my wife's XP.

Thanks in advance.

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Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

"Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except for
>one annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the latest is
>trying to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need administrator's
>permission or whatever to make the change. I am the only one using the
>machine and no one else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this
>annoying "administrator" warning? This never happened on my Vista or my
>wife's XP.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>


I am the administrator and only user of my Win7 machine but had that same
issue. I did this a few times and haven't seen that warning in quite some
time now. I guess it sticks eventually.

How to Take Ownership of a Item in Vista and Windows 7
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010
Imperial Beach, CA

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:35:42 -0400, "Tony Vella"
<> wrote:

>I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except for one
>annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the latest is trying
>to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need administrator's
>permission or whatever to make the change. I am the only one using the
>machine and no one else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this annoying
>"administrator" warning? This never happened on my Vista or my wife's XP.
>
>Thanks in advance.

If you still have the problem after taking Bruce's advice, tell us the
name (and full path) of the folder you're trying to rename. It could
be that it's a protected folder and can't be renamed.

--

Char Jackson

On 10/30/2011 11:52 AM, Bruce Hagen wrote:
>
> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except
>> for one annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the
>> latest is trying to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need
>> administrator's permission or whatever to make the change. I am the
>> only one using the machine and no one else has or will touch it. How
>> can I avoid this annoying "administrator" warning? This never happened
>> on my Vista or my wife's XP.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>
> I am the administrator and only user of my Win7 machine but had that
> same issue. I did this a few times and haven't seen that warning in
> quite some time now. I guess it sticks eventually.
>
> How to Take Ownership of a Item in Vista and Windows 7
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html
Come to think of it, I haven't seen it for a week or two. But, when it
did, it gave the "you need to be the admin" type message, with a box to
go ahead. In my case, if I just click on the go ahead (I think it was
'Try Again') message, it just does it, no questions asked.

> I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except for one
> annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the latest is trying to
> rename a folder - I get a message saying I need administrator's permission or
> whatever to make the change. I am the only one using the machine and no one
> else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this annoying "administrator"
> warning? This never happened on my Vista or my wife's XP.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Go to Control Panel, User Accounts, click on Change User Account
Settings and then set the slider to what suits you.

--
mick

On 30/10/2011 17:07, mick wrote:
>> I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except
>> for one annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the
>> latest is trying to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need
>> administrator's permission or whatever to make the change. I am the
>> only one using the machine and no one else has or will touch it. How
>> can I avoid this annoying "administrator" warning? This never happened
>> on my Vista or my wife's XP.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Go to Control Panel, User Accounts, click on Change User Account
> Settings and then set the slider to what suits you.
>

I think most of us regulars here have slid that slider right down to
zero. But that isn't advisable for a beginner in Win7. Maybe in a few
months.

Ed

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:35:42 -0400, Tony Vella wrote:
>
> I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except for one
> annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the latest is trying
> to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need administrator's
> permission or whatever to make the change. I am the only one using the
> machine and no one else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this annoying
> "administrator" warning? This never happened on my Vista or my wife's XP.

This is User Account Control (UAC) and I am surprised you didn't see
it in Vista, where it is much more obtrusive.

Renaming an ordinary folder should not trigger UAC; are you trying to
rename a system folder? Or is this a folder that came from another
computer, perhaps a networked computer?

Here's a Wikipedia article (usual caveats) about UAC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control

If you really want to disable it (which I don't recommend), here's
how:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-user-account-
control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:21:03 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
>
> On 30/10/2011 17:07, mick wrote:
> > Go to Control Panel, User Accounts, click on Change User Account
> > Settings and then set the slider to what suits you.
>
> I think most of us regulars here have slid that slider right down to
> zero. But that isn't advisable for a beginner in Win7. Maybe in a few
> months.

I must be the exception: I have it on the second-from-the-top
position, so that I get the black screen and everything.(*) I don't
find the warnings overly numerous, even though (so far) all of them
warnings have come for actions I actually did initiate.


(*) Well, I *did*, and when I can restore my Windows 7 system I will
again. See my "BOOTMGR not found" message, posted a few minutes ago.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

"Stan Brown" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:35:42 -0400, Tony Vella wrote:
>>
>> I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK except for
>> one
>> annoying feature. When trying to make some changes - the latest is
>> trying
>> to rename a folder - I get a message saying I need administrator's
>> permission or whatever to make the change. I am the only one using the
>> machine and no one else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this
>> annoying
>> "administrator" warning? This never happened on my Vista or my wife's
>> XP.
>
> This is User Account Control (UAC) and I am surprised you didn't see
> it in Vista, where it is much more obtrusive.
>
> Renaming an ordinary folder should not trigger UAC; are you trying to
> rename a system folder? Or is this a folder that came from another
> computer, perhaps a networked computer?
>
> Here's a Wikipedia article (usual caveats) about UAC:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control
>
> If you really want to disable it (which I don't recommend), here's
> how:
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-user-account-
> control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/
>
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com
> Shikata ga nai...

Hi Stan.

I created a folder called Russia 1900-1920 in my Stamp Collections main
folder. Then I realized that my 1900-1920 collection is rather advanced and
would be more manageable if split into two seperate folders. I created a a
new 1911-1920 [no problem] and tried to rename my original 1900-1920 to
1900-1910. That's when I got the message. However, when I tried again, it
worked. This is why I say it's more of a nuisance than a problem.

Thanks again.

--
Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Tony Vella wrote:
>
> "Stan Brown" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:35:42 -0400, Tony Vella wrote:
>>>
>>> I have just bought my first win7 machine and so far all is OK
>>> except for one annoying feature. When trying to make some
>>> changes - the latest is trying to rename a folder - I get a
>>> message saying I need administrator's permission or whatever to
>>> make the change. I am the only one using the machine and no one
>>> else has or will touch it. How can I avoid this annoying
>>> "administrator" warning? This never happened on my Vista or my
>>> wife's XP.
>>
>> This is User Account Control (UAC) and I am surprised you didn't
>> see it in Vista, where it is much more obtrusive.
>>
>> Renaming an ordinary folder should not trigger UAC; are you trying
>> to rename a system folder? Or is this a folder that came from
>> another computer, perhaps a networked computer?
>>
>> Here's a Wikipedia article (usual caveats) about UAC:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control
>>
>> If you really want to disable it (which I don't recommend), here's
>> how:
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-user-account-
>> control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/
>>
>>
>> -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
>> http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai...
>
> Hi Stan.
>
> I created a folder called Russia 1900-1920 in my Stamp Collections
> main folder. Then I realized that my 1900-1920 collection is rather
> advanced and would be more manageable if split into two seperate
> folders. I created a a new 1911-1920 [no problem] and tried to
> rename my original 1900-1920 to 1900-1910. That's when I got the
> message. However, when I tried again, it worked. This is why I say
> it's more of a nuisance than a problem.
>
> Thanks again.

That will happen if the folder is open when you try to rename it. Make
sure it is closed, the contents not displayed, when you want to rename it.
--
Crash

Committed to the search for intraterrestrial intelligence.