Quick Admin Rights
If you are on a restricted account but need to quickly access something as administrator, without logging out and back in as admin, you can usually access it through ‘command prompt’.
- Navigate to Command Prompt (Start - progs - accessories’)
- right click on ‘Command Prompt’
- choose ‘Run as…’
- select other, choose an admin account from the drop down and fill in the admin password
- click’Ok’
You now have an administrator command prompt, form here you can run many things e.g. ‘taskmgr.exe’.
You can also access the control panel snap ins…
Windows XP for Power Users: Power Pack
