Although you can't run Windows 8-style apps as an administrator, you can launch the full Internet Explorer 11 program in Administrator mode. This admin mode grants elevated privileges when launching ...

Sudo in Windows is a godsend.

Aden Carter is a contributor for XDA with a focus on gaming. He has spent the last five years guiding players through their favorite games and offering his opinions on the biggest gaming topics. When ...

Learn how Conan Exiles console commands work, including how to enable admin mode, open the console, teleport, spawn items, and manage a server.

An administrator account is the most powerful account available on Windows 7; it allows full access to administrator mode, giving you the ability to make changes to not only your own user account, but ...

If you're sick of seeing those UAC pop-ups, you can get rid of them by setting programs to run in administrator mode by default. Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is ...

The upcoming Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser will warn users when they launch the browser with administrative privileges and suggest that they relaunch the browser as a non-administrator. This ...

Q: I’ve run every computer I’ve ever had in admin mode, with no password, including Windows 10 set up as classic Windows. I did not know that was a big no-no, so I added a strong password to the admin ...

This article mentions various methods to fix your disabled administrator account on Windows 11/10. To access most of the features, you need administrator privilege on your PC. And, if you are not able ...

“Do me a favor and type ‘/loc’ into the console, will you?” the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) developer asks me. I oblige. The readout is a set of coordinates corresponding to my character’s current ...

In early June, Computerworld published the story, “Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista.” At the bottom of page 5 of that story, I wrote that the built-in Administrator account is ...