Much of the time, opening the Command Prompt as a regular user is all you need. Sometimes, though, you'll need to open the Command Prompt as an administrator so that you can run commands that require ...

On my box at work, when I open a run prompt and type "cmd", a command prompt opens with Administrative rights. I've built a base VM image to be distributed to other developers in my group that mimics ...

If you try and open an admin-level command prompt however by typing cmd in the Start Search box above The Pearl, right-clicking on cmd in the search results, and selecting Run As Administrator, the ...

This is very odd, have a new Win 7 laptop and when I go to launch cmd I will normally use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and then I get a UAC prompt to launch as admin. Well on this laptop it won't work. Works on ...

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 ...

Every version of Windows includes its own command processor, Cmd.exe. Opening that application gives you access to the full range of command-line tools and utilities in Windows. The slow way to open ...

In the beginning, all we had was the command line. Then as Windows matured, the need to access that throwback interface waned. That doesn’t mean the Command Prompt is completely useless. In fact, ...

You can open Command Prompt by right-clicking the Start icon. Other ways to open Command Prompt include through the Start Menu and desktop search. The most recent ...