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theducks · 07-11-2013, 09:05 PM

In W7 being in an administrator group is not the same as being an administrator in XP.
In XP you always ran (admin) elevated.
In W7 (Vista) you just have the right to elevate via UAC.

In Unix, you would SU (sudo in Linux) to elevate a task right. The difference was SU lasted until terminated.

07-11-2013, 09:05 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	In W7 being in an administrator group is not the same as being an administrator in XP. In XP you always ran (admin) elevated. In W7 (Vista) you just have the right to elevate via UAC. In Unix, you would SU (sudo in Linux) to elevate a task right. The difference was SU lasted until terminated.