Early Vista Tip #3: run the CMD line as an Admin
I didn't think I would ever need to do this but thanks to Vista's overly-protective security, you might need to run a CMD line as an Admin. In true Vista fashion, the approach to circumvent security isn't very intuitive (a good thing) and thanks to Paul's wonderful Zune hack on Vista, we now know how to do this.
Click your Start Orb and type "CMD" but don't press Enter and don't click on the search results that Vista will return. Instead, hold down CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. If you have the Vista User Access Control (UAC) enabled as it is by default, you will be prompted to continue before you gain Admin rights. Click "Continue" and you're all set! Instead of seeing this:
You'll see this and have full Admin rights:
56 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes and 50 seconds left....49.....48....47....
Windows installed on a "J" drive? interesting....
Posted by: Frank McPherson | December 04, 2006 at 09:42 PM
Thats it, no asking for admin password, nothing?
Posted by: Vinit | December 04, 2006 at 10:17 PM
its best to disable UAC as all it is is an anoyence.
Posted by: enterman | December 05, 2006 at 01:38 PM
After searching for "CMD", you can also just right click on it and then click on "Run as Administrator"..
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