Can I open a command prompt with admin privleges in Vista WITHOUT my mouse?

"Option 1 - requires that you use the Vista-style Start Menu

Hit Windows key
Type cmd
Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Done!

Option 2 - works with Classic Start Menu, requires Quick Launch to be enabled

Create a shortcut to cmd.exe on your Quick Launch bar
Right-click the shortcut, select Properties, Advanced, and check the ""Run as administrator"" box
Quick Launch icons can be launched using Windows key + NUMBER, where NUMBER is the position of the icon, so if your new cmd shortcut is the 1st icon, use Win + 1
Done!"

i'm using ColorConsole instead of the windows command prompt (the reason being not so much the variety of colour schemes but the favorite commands, copy/paste, tabbed interface and HTML export. you're probably asking this question to save time, so CC will save you even more). i have set CC to run always as admin from the advanced shortcut properties menu, of course you can do that with CMD.EXE too. just create a new shortcut for cmd.exe, make it to run always as admin and assign a hotkey to this shortcut.

"My preferred way:

Press WINDOWS + R to open the run dialog
Type cmd into the text field (only the first time, will be saved afterwards, use cmd.exe if cmd gives you problems)
Press Crtl + Shift + Enter (Crtl+Shift+Enter or +OK runs the command as admin)

Depending on your settings you might need to press Enter to acknowledge UCA promt.
This only works if your user has admin rights, if not I would recommend EBGreen's answer (runas /user:administrator cmd.exe)."

You can launch Command Prompt with admin privileges without using a mouse. First, you need to open a Run box by pressing Windows + R keys. Type “cmd” into the box and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run the command as an administrator.