bcdedit exe access denied

I'm trying to access the BCDEDIT.exe in order to manage the boot settings. I do it under Administrator - User, however, CMD.exe says that I can't access that file.

Hello,
In Windows Vista, even though you are logged in as an administrator, the programs you run are only given "normal user" access to your system. You must explicitly authorize a program to run with administrator permission.
To do this for command-line programs, you need to open an "administrator" command prompt, and then any program you run from that command prompt will have the administrator permission you need.
- Click start - Type: cmd - Right-click cmd when it appears under Programs - Click Run As Administrator
You will then be able to run bcdedit or any other administrative tool from within that command prompt :)
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

All security options such as Add or Edit are grayed out :(
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,
In Windows Vista, even though you are logged in as an administrator, the programs you run are only given "normal user" access to your system. You must explicitly authorize a program to run with administrator permission.
To do this for command-line programs, you need to open an "administrator" command prompt, and then any program you run from that command prompt will have the administrator permission you need.
- Click start - Type: cmd - Right-click cmd when it appears under Programs - Click Run As Administrator
You will then be able to run bcdedit or any other administrative tool from within that command prompt :)
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

all fine thank you!
"ilushkin" wrote:

All security options such as Add or Edit are grayed out :(
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:
Hello,
In Windows Vista, even though you are logged in as an administrator, the programs you run are only given "normal user" access to your system. You must explicitly authorize a program to run with administrator permission.
To do this for command-line programs, you need to open an "administrator" command prompt, and then any program you run from that command prompt will have the administrator permission you need.
- Click start - Type: cmd - Right-click cmd when it appears under Programs - Click Run As Administrator
You will then be able to run bcdedit or any other administrative tool from within that command prompt :)
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

I'm afraid I don't understand. Where do you see the Add and Edit buttons?
- JB

You're welcome :)
- JB

im sorry, that was my fault. i wen too deep into the security settings. all i had to da was to choose Run as Administrator from the right menu. Thanks.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

I'm afraid I don't understand. Where do you see the Add and Edit buttons?
- JB

Run as Administrator works for single program execution. It does not appear to work for installing like ATI, which aborts the setup because you are not administrator. To log in as administrator it appears I must boot with safe boot. When I do a safe boot it does not allow installations. I am quite frustrated with the additional security, and I am not finding workarounds. Thanks
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,
In Windows Vista, even though you are logged in as an administrator, the programs you run are only given "normal user" access to your system. You must explicitly authorize a program to run with administrator permission.
To do this for command-line programs, you need to open an "administrator" command prompt, and then any program you run from that command prompt will have the administrator permission you need.
- Click start - Type: cmd - Right-click cmd when it appears under Programs - Click Run As Administrator
You will then be able to run bcdedit or any other administrative tool from within that command prompt :)
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Running a setup program as administrator should work. If you run the setup program as administrator and it says you are not an administrator, then that is a bug.
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Thanks Jimmy. I have a user with admin priviliages. This is not sufficient. To log in as Administrator, I am only allowed in "Safe mode". Safe Mode disables installation, and it cannot be enabled from safe mode. How do I make default ADMINISTRATOR account appear in my login options, or how do I start in normal mode?
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Running a setup program as administrator should work. If you run the setup program as administrator and it says you are not an administrator, then that is a bug.
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

If you want administrator accounts to operate like they did in Windows XP, you can turn off UAC. However, it is strongly recommended that you do not do this, as it reduces system security.
- Click Start - Click Control Panel - Click User Accounts and Family Safety - Click User Accounts - Click Change Security Settings - Uncheck the checkbox - Click OK
You will need to restart your computer for the change to take effect. This change affects all accounts on the computer, not just yours.
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

many thanks
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

If you want administrator accounts to operate like they did in Windows XP, you can turn off UAC. However, it is strongly recommended that you do not do this, as it reduces system security.
- Click Start - Click Control Panel - Click User Accounts and Family Safety - Click User Accounts - Click Change Security Settings - Uncheck the checkbox - Click OK
You will need to restart your computer for the change to take effect. This change affects all accounts on the computer, not just yours.
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Hello,
I have loaded Vista on a blank drive. I have XP loaded on another one. I want to multi-boot. Do I need to change the bcd file and the boot.ini files? Can you please help?
Thanks Eric
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,
In Windows Vista, even though you are logged in as an administrator, the programs you run are only given "normal user" access to your system. You must explicitly authorize a program to run with administrator permission.
To do this for command-line programs, you need to open an "administrator" command prompt, and then any program you run from that command prompt will have the administrator permission you need.
- Click start - Type: cmd - Right-click cmd when it appears under Programs - Click Run As Administrator
You will then be able to run bcdedit or any other administrative tool from within that command prompt :)
- JB
Vista FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Vista usually recognizes other installations of Windows and adds them to the boot list automatically.
If this is not the case, I recommend using Vista Boot Pro, which is a nice front-end for bcdedit.
http://www.vistabootpro.org/
- JB
Vista Support FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/