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Title: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: Tore on January 22, 2013, 06:25:32 pm Hi!
My daughters laptop is running Vista so i want to upgrade to W8. (She think the machine is to slow) The problem is that i can only find my daughters User and she is not Adnimistrator. I think i have hidden my Administrator User and i can`t find it. Can someone help me please? Tore Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: juanpmar on January 22, 2013, 07:35:44 pm Hi Tore
Control Panel > User Accounts > Make changes to your user account > Change your account type > Administrator or Manage another account > Choose the account you would like to change Best regards, Juan Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: Tore on January 22, 2013, 08:11:49 pm Hi Juan!
The problem is that i`m not allowed to do a thing because the User is not Administrator? Tore Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: juanpmar on January 22, 2013, 09:31:39 pm Ok, try this:
Computer> right click> Manage> Sistem Tools> Local User and Groups> Users> Administrator> activate the account As this is for W7 try to find something similar in W Vista Juan Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: Tore on January 22, 2013, 10:06:42 pm I`m stopped when i push Manage.
Tore Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: juanpmar on January 22, 2013, 11:34:41 pm I´ve found this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/ (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/) Juan Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: PeterSt on January 23, 2013, 08:14:32 am Tore,
I didn't read into the last link Juan gave, but that will be it for sure. Notice that the Administrator account is always hidden (since Vista I think) but that it's also not so much normal to not have Admin rights for the account which was ever made. It is more tough to don't have the rights than to have them. ... And so the question is : what is it that you actually want to do but can't ? It don't see the relation to an upgrade to Windows 8 ... but I am blind more often ! :yes: Regards, Peter Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: Tore on January 23, 2013, 09:29:00 am Peter,
I`m not allowed to upgrade from Vista to W8. Juan, I`m stopped when i choose "run as administrator" Tore Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: PeterSt on January 23, 2013, 10:59:39 am Quote I`m stopped when i choose "run as administrator" Hmm, that youks like you really don't have the rights. What happens when you boot from the W8 DVD ? Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: Tore on January 23, 2013, 11:46:53 am I have downloaded W8 from Microsofts homepage.
The normal Windows box pop up and ask for permission to upgrade. But i can not press OK or write any password in that box Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: PeterSt on January 23, 2013, 12:25:41 pm Tore,
It may be a too long path for you, but such a download can be made bootable and written to a DVD : http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool This works for W8 too. Peter Title: Re: From Vista to Windows 8 Post by: Tore on January 23, 2013, 01:17:10 pm Thanks Peter!
But i`m not allowed to upgrade Java or anything so i think i must find out of this problem Tore |