Obtain administrative privileges on the local Windows machine.
Obtain administrative privileges on the local Windows machine.
You're encountering restrictions due to security settings in Windows 10 Pro. To gain full access, consider adjusting your local admin account permissions or exploring advanced troubleshooting steps like modifying registry entries or using third-party tools designed for elevated privileges.
From Windows Vista onward, no one holds the true administrator role. It isn’t tied to local or MS-joined accounts. Your desktop and personal folders remain, along with public folders shared across other accounts, where you can store files. There’s nothing requiring placement in C:\ alongside the operating system itself.
It's interesting how Windows 8.1 and earlier let me write files straight to C:\ and run setup files from Nvidia packages without dealing with folder security. None of the problems I face were there in older systems. If I could at least get that working smoothly, I'd be fine with editing or wiping invasive tasks using regedit.
You need admin rights to create folders in C:\ and similar locations. The system prompts for confirmation when you try to modify these areas. You mentioned you can remove C:\NVIDIA as an admin, which is helpful. Generally, storing files outside the root directory is a good practice for security. Regarding registry changes for task scheduling, it seems the issue might lie in how the operating system handles permissions rather than access rights. I can add folders to C:\ as a standard user if needed.
It's not so much being able to add items to the root directory. Yes, I can do that. But editing certain files and/or running certain files simply does not work, even when trying to run as admin unless certain permissions are added manually. Here's one such example. What I'm asking is how to remove the necessity to add permissions to these directories on a system wide level. There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to modify or run files with an Admin account on a Pro version of Windows. Adding permissions should not be a necessity to modify or operate various file structures, and there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to edit various system tasks in Task Scheduler.
I seriously think you have a configuration issue on the OS or something because I have no issues deleting that file you used in the example, even though I'm running a Standard User account that elevates to an administrator account. As for your Task Scheduler issue, you're modifying something that's running from C:\Windows\System32, which Administrators don't have access to by default and don't own. But if you really want to modify this: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...b1687ae797 In any case, considering that you can't seem to delete things that Administrators should be able to delete or modify tells me your account isn't actually an Administrator or something is screwed up with the account itself or the Windows configuration.
You haven’t attempted to remove the file. You were trying to execute it. The thread you shared covers the problem I’m facing. The main point is that I don’t have complete access to the Windows file system by default, and I need to grant permissions gradually. My concern—How can I set system-wide permissions? Adding security rights one folder at a time isn’t practical.
Administrators should normally have access to most features. I’m capable of handling all tasks related to administrators without issue. It seems @GoodBytes can likely do the same on their side too. Maybe a random third party will take care of three tasks at once. In any case, it looks like your OS or account setup might be broken, or your file system could be malfunctioning.
Located the solution. Removed certain hidden UAC protection settings in secpol. All is functioning properly now.