Windows 10: Computer Management local admin vs domain admin

Not exactly sure this is the right section for this question, but it does have to do with user accounts and permissions.

So, as standard practice, I use a normal user login as my daily work account, and have a separate login for a domain admin account (basically, something like "fwulf" as daily, "fwadm" as admin). And since I do a lot of software test installs, what I did is give my daily account local admin rights (through Computer Management > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Groups > Administrators) so as to not make it annoying when the admin prompt pops.

Now the thing is, one of the functions of the Computer Management utility that I have to use more or less frequently is to have it connect to our file share server, and close out files that have been left open so that other users can get in them (and a specific Excel file getting special mention for needing this almost weekly).

The issue that I have is that if I open Computer Management as local admin, when I try to connect to the server, it does not prompt me for credentials, and thus, while it does connect, when I click on System Tools > Shared Folders > Open Files, it will fail and give me a permission error. The only way that I can do this right now, is to remove my local admin rights, re-login, and start the CM as admin, thus allowing me to enter my domain admin credentials (and reverse it once I'm done).

So the question is: How can I get the credentials prompt when I connect to the server while still keeping my local admin rights on my daily account so that I don't need to remove/put back myself from the local group.

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admin rights keep disappearing!?!!

Hi guys,

I am actually having a problem at work that our IT department hasn't been able to figure out. I am supposed to be a member of the admin group. We are on a domain. The problem is that everytime I reboot the computer I loose my admin rights(no longer in the administrator group) and just become a normal user again. I have tried googling this and didn't get to many results.
I believe IT is just giving me local admin rights, not admin rights for the whole domain.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: It is on Windows XP Pro.

 

Local admin account vs domain admin account

Can both local admin account and domain admin account make changes on the Windows 10 Pro PC? Like installing programs, uninstalling, making network changes etc.

Does one account has more access than the other?

 

Domain admin account as built-in admin account


I just upgraded two brand new pc's from Win 7 to Win 10. Computers were already added to the domain in Win 7 and I was logged into the domain administrator account when I did the upgrade to Win 10. Now when I am logged in with the domain administrator account, I can't open Edge. It says "This app can't open. Microsoft Edge can't be opened using the Built-in Administrator account. Sign in with a different account and try again."

How do I get the local "Administrator" account to be the Built-in administrator account?

The list of user accounts are:
admin (local admin account I made in Win 7)
Administrator (I assume local administrator account that is automatically created)
administrator.AESSEINVLTD (domain admin account I am logged in with)
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