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Suddenly lost administrator rights
Name: Hellfire Date: January 17, 2008 at 13:50:20 Pacific OS: Vista Home Premium CPU/Ram: 4800/3Gb Product: Targa/Dual Core
Comment:
Hi. I seem to have suddenly lost my administrator rights on my Vista Home Premium ? When i try to install programs, several of them say they can't install because i don't have administrator privileges. What do i have to do to get the privileges back again ? I have already tried to restore from a restore point, but the problem is still there. I am not very keen on reinstalling my Vista again.
Name: Gamer126 Date: January 17, 2008 at 18:42:10 Pacific
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Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Change your Account type.
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Response Number 2
Name: Hellfire Date: January 18, 2008 at 13:56:09 Pacific
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Thx, i tried it, but it says i'm already the administrator ?
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: January 18, 2008 at 16:38:22 Pacific
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Try right clicking on the program's installer & select "Run as Administrator".
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Response Number 4
Name: Hellfire Date: January 19, 2008 at 05:23:52 Pacific
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The right click on program don't work ? When i press it, nothing at all happends ?
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Response Number 5
Name: jacob22 Date: March 10, 2008 at 04:05:00 Pacific
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Hello,
I am having a similliar problem, Vista Premium and all of a sudden I can't copy to any folder, I keep getting the same error about administrator rights when I am set to administrator. Have you had any luck with your problem? Cheers
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Name: Hellfire
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