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While working with Windows 8/8.1, even if you log on to the computer using the credentials of a user account who is member of the Administrators group, if the logged on user account is manually created, you will have the restricted privileges on the computer.
In such case, when you try to perform any administrative tasks, you are displayed with a User Account Control confirmation box, a.k.a. Prompt for Consent in which you must click ‘Yes’ in order to allow the operating system to continue with the process that you are trying to perform.
The method is used under normal circumstances. However, if you execute any application that uses the DOS commands in the background, and if the User Account Control is not disabled on the computer, the application/command might not execute properly, and you might end up having misconfigured or corrupt file or configurations.
In order to avoid the above situations, it is always a good practice to initialize any such command with the privileges of the built-in Administrator account that has unrestricted rights (even free from the User Account Control obstructions) on the computer. To do so, you must right-click the application that you want to execute with the built-in Administrator account credentials, and then you must click the ‘Run as administrator’ option that is available either in the context menu, or at the bottom of the opened window/screen. When you do so, you will be displayed with a User Account Control confirmation box on which you must click ‘Yes’ to provide your consent to continue.
In such case, when you try to perform any administrative tasks, you are displayed with a User Account Control confirmation box, a.k.a. Prompt for Consent in which you must click ‘Yes’ in order to allow the operating system to continue with the process that you are trying to perform.
The method is used under normal circumstances. However, if you execute any application that uses the DOS commands in the background, and if the User Account Control is not disabled on the computer, the application/command might not execute properly, and you might end up having misconfigured or corrupt file or configurations.
In order to avoid the above situations, it is always a good practice to initialize any such command with the privileges of the built-in Administrator account that has unrestricted rights (even free from the User Account Control obstructions) on the computer. To do so, you must right-click the application that you want to execute with the built-in Administrator account credentials, and then you must click the ‘Run as administrator’ option that is available either in the context menu, or at the bottom of the opened window/screen. When you do so, you will be displayed with a User Account Control confirmation box on which you must click ‘Yes’ to provide your consent to continue.
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