I cant find the article but I read recently about Vista's 'administrator'

and how it really isn't but there is a convoluted way to log on as root and

be able to do what you want. The 'security' is the one thing I hate most

about Vista. It is MY machine and it tells ME what I can and can't do. I

love XP. It just WORKS!

-----Original Message-----

From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

Of Kevin Cully

Sent: Saturday, 13 December 2008 7:39 AM

To: profox@leafe.com

Subject: When is an administrator not an administrator?

Answer: Vista

I've got this new "hot" laptop, fully decked out. Vista Home Premium.

Okay, I don't have to attach it to a domain so I don't need Ultimate or

anything.

I'm trying to get up and running with my development environment. Vista

says that I'm the Administrator on the box, and there aren't any other

users configured {Opps! WTF?!? I wouldn't have set myself up as an

Administrator if I had known.} But wait! I'm trying to configure a

West-Wind application and it's having trouble running the Console.exe

magic which registers it. It's saying that I'm NOT an administrator.

I'm about to poke my eyes out after a day of frustration when I decide

to Google instead: "How do I know if I'm an administrator on Vista?"

I found this tip to make the Administrator magically appear from

nowhere:http://tinyurl.com/2q56p3

Notice that when you "Run as administrator" there's no password

required. Insanity.

VFP definitely runs slower on my new laptop than on my old XP Pro desktop.

I'm feeling dirty after running Vista, but I need it for day in and day

out VFP development. Oh well. Thought I'd share.

-Kevin

CULLY Technologies, LLC

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