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Why do I need to run commands as administrator if my account is member of administrator group?

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Mar 15, 20265588 views
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If my account is already a member of the administrator group why do some functions on Windows 7 require me to run them as administator? I kind of thought that was implied?

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Fix for: Why do I need to run commands as administrator if my account is member of administrator group?

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When you successfully log in to a Windows machine, an access token is generated which represents that login session. Among other things, this token contains your username and the groups in which you are a member. All programs you launch during that …

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