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Spybot S&D question (Solved)

turpentyineturpentyine Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
When I try to immunize my system it says I am missing administrator rights to perform this action. What does that mean how do I get administrator rights? This is on a private laptop running Vista.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That's UAC playing up I believe. Not sure if you can go around it without having to turn the whole feature off...Something I wouldn't recommend to anyone not being really sure about their computer skills(z).

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  • turpentyineturpentyine Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Whats UAC?

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    turpentyine wrote: »
    Whats UAC?
    user authentication control. The screens that keep popping up nearly every time you run a program/move a file/whatever are the most visible part of it.

    You will have to wait for someone else to properly explain how to deal with this, though, as I am horribly uneducated on the subject.

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  • turpentyineturpentyine Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Is that part of Vista or it has something to do with Spybot?

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    turpentyine wrote: »
    Is that part of Vista or it has something to do with Spybot?
    Vista.

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You need to make yourself part of the admin group.

    right click on my computer, then go to "manage" and left click

    select users and groups, then users, then your name, and make sure you're part of the admin group

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  • turpentyineturpentyine Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I dont see the users and groups option once i am in the computer management window

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    turpentyine wrote: »
    I dont see the users and groups option once i am in the computer management window

    log off, don't shut down, just select log off or switch user, and log on as admin, there shouldn't be a password, and you can set it up from there

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  • ZaelZael Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    When you go to launch spybot, right click- run as administrator. Then try.

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Zael wrote: »
    When you go to launch spybot, right click- run as administrator. Then try.

    hold shift and right click to do run-as also, if just right clicking doesn't work

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  • turpentyineturpentyine Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Problem solved. I had to go to spybot and tell it to run admin mode. thnx to my girlfriend she helped.
    thnx for everone's help

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