At times, system administrators block various tools, including Command Prompt. If so, you need to have an administrator account to get on to Command Prompt.

I run my Win10 machine on a standard user account, and don't mind entering the admin creds when installing/removing software. But there are certain things I run frequently that require admin ...

Windows Terminal is also great for customization. You can change the appearance of the prompts, pick custom fonts, adjust ...

An elevated Command Prompt lets you run commands with special powers to change important computer settings. You can open an elevated Command Prompt in Windows 11, 10, and 8 through the Power User ...

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 ...

This post will show you how to open an elevated PowerShell prompt window, and run it as an Administrator, with elevated privileges in Windows 11/10.

If a user has the ability to even know what a CMD prompt looks like then fairplay to them, in my experience most users would not know a CMD prompt or run command if it smacked them on the head.<BR ...

Even if your user is an administrator on the PC, you'll need to run command prompt as an administrator to run certain high-level commands.