As a TechSpot reader you've surely opened software as an admin on Windows before – maybe as recently as today – so the function probably isn't foreign to you. However, we were curious to know more ...

The most recent examples are Steam (one of the games does not run unless Steam is ran as administrator) andirefox beta (the automatic updates cannot be installed unless this is done either). It also ...

Windows 11/10 users can right-click on any MSI file to get the Run as administrator option. However, if the Run as administrator option is missing for MSI files, you can fix the issue using this guide ...

Even if you've set up your user account to be an Administrator (the default setting if yours is the only account on the PC), Windows insists on running most programs using a standard user token.

Suppose you have created a task to automate your PowerShell script using the Task Scheduler app. To run this scheduled task as administrator on your Windows 11/10 PC, you need to follow these steps: ...