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Can not input Admin password when prompted by UAC
Long story short, I reduced the only account I originally created, which was
the admin account, to a regular user account. I then had to go into safe mode to restore this account back to administrator. Now when I try to run an app, UAC prompts me to provide admin password only there isn't a field provided for me to input the password. This happens when using the regular user account and the admin account I had to originally promote back to administrator. Do anyone have insight as to what might be going on |
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Can not input Admin password when prompted by UAC
Can you describe the dialog you are seeing?
--- Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 "aermgc" wrote: Long story short, I reduced the only account I originally created, which was the admin account, to a regular user account. I then had to go into safe mode to restore this account back to administrator. Now when I try to run an app, UAC prompts me to provide admin password only there isn't a field provided for me to input the password. This happens when using the regular user account and the admin account I had to originally promote back to administrator. Do anyone have insight as to what might be going on |
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Can not input Admin password when prompted by UAC
Hi. I had this problem to when I did a similar thing. Try removing the
password from the admin user. Does this help? And make sure your admin account has full administrative rights and is not a privileged user. "aermgc" skrev i melding ... Long story short, I reduced the only account I originally created, which was the admin account, to a regular user account. I then had to go into safe mode to restore this account back to administrator. Now when I try to run an app, UAC prompts me to provide admin password only there isn't a field provided for me to input the password. This happens when using the regular user account and the admin account I had to originally promote back to administrator. Do anyone have insight as to what might be going on |
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Can not input Admin password when prompted by UAC
I ended up having to uninstall Vista and install XP due to compatibility
issues with a legacy app. At this point, I no longer have the pc and wouldn't be able to try any suggestions. In case it happens again though, are you saying popupkiller, to remove the hidden admin account pw or the regular admin account pw? What is happening is when I try to run or download programs, I get a UAC popup asking to provide admin pw only there isn't any place for me to type in the admin pw. There isn't a field or box for me to type in the pw. This happens whether or not I was using the admin acct I created or the limited account. "Popupkiller" wrote: Hi. I had this problem to when I did a similar thing. Try removing the password from the admin user. Does this help? And make sure your admin account has full administrative rights and is not a privileged user. "aermgc" skrev i melding ... Long story short, I reduced the only account I originally created, which was the admin account, to a regular user account. I then had to go into safe mode to restore this account back to administrator. Now when I try to run an app, UAC prompts me to provide admin password only there isn't a field provided for me to input the password. This happens when using the regular user account and the admin account I had to originally promote back to administrator. Do anyone have insight as to what might be going on |