Sudo shows that Windows can learn a lot form Linux and make it much easier to run commands with admin rights while also being more secure.

Sudo for Windows is a command line tool that works a lot like its Linux counterpart, allowing users to run commands that require elevated permissions on a case-by-case basis.

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 ...

Many PowerShell commands, though, require elevated or administrator permissions, and you need to launch an elevated PowerShell prompt to execute them.

If your system is throwing more UAC prompts asking for admin privileges and some application installs or repairs are failing, ...

When you run Computer Management as an administrator, you can create and manage shares, see a list of connected users, and start and stop system services, among other actions.

Don't run these 5 Linux commands - here's why Want to preserve your system? Avoid running these Linux commands at all costs. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor ...