Keeps asking for my administrator password? "***** charles" <shultzjrX[ at ]sbcglobal.net> 7/2/2007 10:13:39 PM Hi all, My new Dell all of a sudden started asking for my administrator account password periodically. I am using Vista Home Premium. I don't know what I did to trigger this activity since it didn't do it just after I get it several weeks ago. Any ideas? thanks, charles......

Re: Keeps asking for my administrator password? "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 7/3/2007 10:27:42 AM Hi Charles, In the middle of use or when returning from a period of non-use? I would say you have some sort of spyware installed unless you are knowingly doing something that requires administrative privileges. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "***** charles" <shultzjrX[ at ]sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:nMeii.19032$RX.4293[ at ]newssvr11.news.prodigy.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi all, > > My new Dell all of a sudden started asking for my > administrator account password periodically. I am > using Vista Home Premium. I don't know what I > did to trigger this activity since it didn't do it just > after I get it several weeks ago. > > Any ideas? > > thanks, > charles...... > >

Re: Keeps asking for my administrator password? "***** charles" <shultzjrX[ at ]sbcglobal.net> 7/3/2007 1:49:48 PM If my account has administrative privilages, doesn't the OS know and remember this so it doesn't have to keep nagging me? If I am going to be away from it I will turn it off so waking back up is not an issue. later..... "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message news:OHIfRzVvHHA.5036[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Charles, > > In the middle of use or when returning from a period of non-use? I would say > you have some sort of spyware installed unless you are knowingly doing > something that requires administrative privileges. > > -- > Best of Luck, > > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com > > "***** charles" <shultzjrX[ at ]sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:nMeii.19032$RX.4293[ at ]newssvr11.news.prodigy.net... > > Hi all, > > > > My new Dell all of a sudden started asking for my > > administrator account password periodically. I am > > using Vista Home Premium. I don't know what I > > did to trigger this activity since it didn't do it just > > after I get it several weeks ago. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > thanks, > > charles...... > > > > >