Administrative powers

[deafdog]

I have installed W2K and so far so good.  I created a user (me) belonging to the administrator group.

When I login as myself I started having trouble installing some software - like SP3, Diskeeper, pcAnywhere...

I discovered that if I login as administrator, I don't have these problems installs fine.

On my work computer, I can install software as a created user in the administrator group without a problem.  I don't necessarily have to be logged in as administrator.

Why is the administrator more powerful than a user in the administrator group?  I guess it sort of makes sense though.

Why have I noticed this only at home and not at work (some OS)?

I don't really need this extra user at home of course, but am just curious.

Thanks!

P.S.  I really like reading this message board so far!

[rtgwbmsr]

The Admin has absolute power over the system. The Admin group has some permissions removed to save the system from stupid admins, among other things (supposed to defend against virii, although it really isn't effective against them)

It's set up relatively similarly in Linux with "Root" and other types of users.

You don't notice it at work probably b/c of the way domain permissions are set up.

Have you tried some flavor of Linux yet? I recommend you do...it's a must for any serious admin.

[ January 12, 2003: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]