Hi Rick -- i answered your mail on gui-talk, but will ask again here, do you know the administrator password? if so you can go around and grant yourself whatever privileges you need. Good luck. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Roderick" <rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 7:44 PM Subject: [guispeak] Windows XP Hello everyone, I am back on this list after a long absence. I recently upgraded from XP to Windows Vista because of a hardware crash. I am having some problems with administrative privilegs. I am the only user. Yet, in some programs, I get the messages, "Do you want to restart the program as an administrator? Also if the computer is idle for a while, and nothing is running, it wants me to click on my user icon. I get, switch user and my own. Wghat do I need to do to stop this behavior? ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq