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Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10 (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by starman to c/[email protected]

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https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-why-dont-i-have-permission-to-open-my/6f33e814-3cc6-4ce6-993c-dffcf1bb5b75

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Did I do something odd when I set up my windows 11 machine?

If Microsoft has something marked as admin access, it just presents me with a dialogue asking if I want to do whatever as admin

I mean it's not like I have open hardware so there's a whole lot of my machine I really have no practical access to, but everything this guy wants is there

Him saying he's the owner suggests a private machine, so no corporate lockout from system components. Do computer shops set up admin accounts and lock their customers out as low-privileged users?