Windows 10: Why ACCESS DENIED if I'm Administrator?!

I installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 Pro onto my desktop. I did not upgrade the system. During installation i created my own account. The account type is Administrator. I turned off UAC.

What i don't understand is i often get the message "Access Denied" or you are not an administrator. Huh? What is going on? I thought if my account type is Administrator i would have full unfettered access to my local PC. On top of that I have to consistently right click and select Run as Administrator for CMD. I tried modifying the HOSTS file yet when i go to save i receive the message "Access to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS was denied." For HOSTS i checked properties >> Security. The "Group or User Names" section states:

Can someone please explain to me the logic of all this?

For the record i am logging into my user account that is account type "administrator". There is also an Administrator account automatically created by Windows from what i can see at the startup screen. I am able to log into that Administrator account but i dont want to use a different account. I need for this craziness to be explained.

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I followed steps to go to powershell and ran as administrator. I typed in link and response is access denied, why? I'm not getting anywhere, why is access denied? I type in link when powershell as adminstrator opens, then tap return and access is denied.
What am I doing wrong?

George Di Leo

 

I downloaded the refresh tool for Windows and I get access denied. Why?

I downloaded the refresh tool for windows and I get access denied why?

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Welcome to the forum.

That has not been the case since XP. That was OK when XP was released. It is not OK now.

Having a full time unrestricted admin account is convenient, but not very secure. The problem is that if you accidentally run a malicious program, and that is very difficult to avoid, it will have your unrestricted access as well and take full advantage of it. That is bad.


Starting with Vista an admin account by default has only the rights of a standard account. Only upon request do you have the full admin rights. With only standard account rights malicious software will be very limited in what it can do. That s good.


UAC cannot be fully turned off by with the control panel. It can be done but this is not advised. You will find many things do not work with such a full time admin account. Windows was not designed to work this way.


UAC is a compromise between convenience and security. Security always has it's price, and not just with computers.