Tweak It and Freak It: A Killer Guide to Making Windows Run Your Way

CHAPTER 12 Taking Advantage of the Administrator Account

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Activate the Administrator Account

• Make the Administrator Account More Secure

• Run Command Prompt as the Administrator Automatically

• Run a Script as the Administrator

• Install and Run an Older Program as the Administrator

The security problems in Windows XP were well documented and much lampooned. Why was XP such a security nightmare? There are a few culprits, but for my money the biggest by far was that most users were running Windows XP with administrator-level permissions. Administrators can do anything to a Windows machine, including installing programs, adding devices, updating drivers, installing updates and patches, changing Registry settings, running high-level ...