Standard Account Problems

I recently created a separate admin account and switched the one I use for day to day tasks to a standard account. I have to enter the admin password and account name to join my Airport network every time I restart my computer along with using Disk Utility and with a few other things. I know you have to enter the admin password from time to time, but this seems kind of excessive, so my questions are, is it supposed to prompt me for that information after every startup, and if it is, is it possible to add these to my keychain so I don't have to re-enter them everyday?

My Airport network is password protected, but I only had to enter the pw once and it recognized it from then on, even after restarting. It sounds like the second user account needs to have Admin access as well, you should try it and see if it makes a difference.

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But in control panel -> user accounts -> Change user account control settings
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Screen-shot: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8324/picture1fr2.jpg
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Sincerely
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In addition to my initial description here is the content of the authentification window and, especially, the system element which requires an admin password for the standard account. May be it could help for a better understanding of the problem and a better investigation:
" Authorization : com.apple.airport.allow.network.cha
Tool : airport (complete path = Imac G5 de myname / System / Library / PrivateFrameworks / Apple80211.framework / Resources / airport "
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