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What is 'Run as Administrator' in Windows 7?

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Mar 15, 202642168 views
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On my Windows 7 machine, I am an administrator. I see, when I right click an app, it has an option . What does this mean? Also, if I am logged in as administrator, what significance does this have: ? Why does it need to be mentioned explicitly?

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Run as Administrator

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On Windows 7 (as well as Vista), an administrator account does not necessarily run a program with administrator priveleges. As an administrator, you have the credentials to perform administrator functions (creating/modifying user permissions being o…

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