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From: Ron Patterson on 12 Jun 2010 22:13 When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator priviledges I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried to install it as user and was told I needed administrator priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to install it I got the same message - that I needed administrator priviledges. I tried to reinstall an original version of Quicken from a saved installation file and received a similar message. That I did not have priviledges. Same thing - logged on as Administrator I tried to install Acronis True Image from a save installation file and received a message saying I needed administrator priviledges to install it. What can I do so that the computer recognizes me as the administrator with full priviledges?
From: Ron Patterson on 12 Jun 2010 22:47 I forgot to mention it appears that I have two administrator accounts. If I go to Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management\ Groups\Administrators and double click I show two accountss - Administrator and Ron Patterson Likewise, if I go to Control Panel\User Accounts -I show 4 Icons: Ron Patterson - Computer administrator Administrator - Computer administrator Guest account - Guest account is off ASP.NET Machine: Limited Account Password protected Ergo - I should have administator priviledges in two accounts but actually have no priviledges in either Ron Patterson "Ron Patterson" <a.baba(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:CsednevNutpxo4nRnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator > priviledges > I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried to > install it as user and was told I needed administrator > priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to > install it I got the same message - that I needed administrator > priviledges. > > I tried to reinstall an original version of Quicken from a saved > installation file and received a similar message. That I did not have > priviledges. > > Same thing - logged on as Administrator I tried to install Acronis True > Image from a save installation file and received a message saying I needed > administrator priviledges to install it. > > What can I do so that the computer recognizes me as the administrator with > full priviledges? >
From: Daave on 13 Jun 2010 00:30 Ron Patterson wrote: > When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator > priviledges > I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried > to install it as user and was told I needed administrator > priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to > install it I got the same message - that I needed administrator > priviledges. > I tried to reinstall an original version of Quicken from a saved > installation file and received a similar message. That I did not have > priviledges. > > Same thing - logged on as Administrator I tried to install Acronis > True Image from a save installation file and received a message > saying I needed administrator priviledges to install it. > > What can I do so that the computer recognizes me as the administrator > with full priviledges? It seems like you've had this issue for a while (if memory serves). What is the malware status of your PC?
From: John John - MVP on 13 Jun 2010 07:23 Try here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/solving-setup-errors-by-using-the-subinacl-tool-to-repair-file-and-registry-permissions.aspx Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to repair file and registry permissions If that doesn't fix things try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222 How do I restore security settings to the default settings? If things are still not fixes after doing the above do an in-place upgrade (repair install) of the operating system. John Ron Patterson wrote: > I forgot to mention it appears that I have two administrator accounts. If I > go to Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management\ > Groups\Administrators and double click I show two accountss - Administrator > and Ron Patterson > > Likewise, if I go to Control Panel\User Accounts -I show 4 Icons: > Ron Patterson - Computer administrator > Administrator - Computer administrator > Guest account - Guest account is off > ASP.NET Machine: > Limited Account > Password protected > > Ergo - I should have administator priviledges in two accounts but actually > have no priviledges in either > > Ron Patterson > > > > > "Ron Patterson" <a.baba(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:CsednevNutpxo4nRnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator >> priviledges >> I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried to >> install it as user and was told I needed administrator >> priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to >> install it I got the same message - that I needed administrator >> priviledges. >> >> I tried to reinstall an original version of Quicken from a saved >> installation file and received a similar message. That I did not have >> priviledges. >> >> Same thing - logged on as Administrator I tried to install Acronis True >> Image from a save installation file and received a message saying I needed >> administrator priviledges to install it. >> >> What can I do so that the computer recognizes me as the administrator with >> full priviledges? >> > >
From: Ron Patterson on 13 Jun 2010 20:37
Thanks to all the help. I ran a Windows malware scan and found the same Trojan in 4 locations. From a bit of research, it did not sound like this could be causing the problem, but after cleaning the infection, things "SEEM" to be working okay. Again, Thanks to both respondents, Ron Patterson "Daave" <daave(a)example.com> wrote in message news:uWR$yErCLHA.4388(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > Ron Patterson wrote: >> When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator >> priviledges >> I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried >> to install it as user and was told I needed administrator >> priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to >> install it I got the same message - that I needed administrator >> priviledges. >> I tried to reinstall an original version of Quicken from a saved >> installation file and received a similar message. That I did not have >> priviledges. >> >> Same thing - logged on as Administrator I tried to install Acronis >> True Image from a save installation file and received a message >> saying I needed administrator priviledges to install it. >> >> What can I do so that the computer recognizes me as the administrator >> with full priviledges? > > It seems like you've had this issue for a while (if memory serves). > > What is the malware status of your PC? > |