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Name: Hellfire
Date: January 17, 2008 at 13:50:20 Pacific
Subject: Suddenly lost administrator rights
OS: Vista Home Premium
CPU/Ram: 4800/3Gb
Model/Manufacturer: 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.


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Response Number 1
Name: Gamer126
Date: January 17, 2008 at 18:42:10 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

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
Reply: (edit)

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
Reply: (edit)

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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