Windows 10: Continually being asked for Admin permission in Win10 online account

Hi,


I have just set up a new Win10 laptop, and signed in with my Microsoft Hotmail account. I am set up as an administrator.


However, every time I copy files, or start up a program I am asked for admin permission to complete the task. This is a bit annoying but not a show stopper.


I cannot see what else I need to do as I am currently set as an admin, but it looks to me as if I am not being seen as an admin by the PC.


Any help gratefully received.


Thanks

Mark

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Admin Account But No Permissions To Access Files. Why?

The folder C:\inetpub\logs is owned by SYSTEM and by default your user account does not have permissions there, though the Administrators group does. Although you are signed in with an administrator account, unless you explicitly launch a process with 'run as administrator' you are running everything as a standard user (this is for your own protection as Samurai pointed out).

You were asked if you wanted access and when you said 'Yes' you used your administrator rights to add your user account to the permissions. You should now have all the permission you need to read log files in IIS and should no longer have the problems you had this morning.

These are the default permissions. If you look at the permissions for your log folder you'll find your user account has been added with full control.

 

Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

 

Admin Account But No Permissions To Access Files. Why?

I am logged onto win10 with an administrator account yet I keep getting 'no permission' messages.

Not generally but this morning for instance in IIS.

I couldn't read the log files in IIS.

So I simply went to Explorer and found the log file and tried to look there and couldn't.

I got a message that I'd need admin permissions to view them, did I want to continue? So I said yes and ahead we went, I viewed the files.

Now what's going on that the machine apparently doesn't know I've got admin permissions and then gives me access on the grounds that I have admin permissions and can therefore grant myself admin permissions?

I am trying to restore my machine to where it was before I got a system disk crash and I'm finding all kinds of hassles like this. Something to do with Win10 having been 'updated' since back then and now, I think, maybe.