My new Notebook with pre-installed Vista came with a trial version of MS Works that now has expired. Before I buy the more preferable (to me) MS Office 2007 I tried to uninstall the expired MS Works through the control panel, but the computer won't allow me. Please advise. IRA

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In the Control Panel,after selecting the program and clicking on UNINSTALL, it says "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation." Then another pop-up says "you do not have sufficient access to uninstall Microsoft. Please contact system administrator." IRA

Well logon as the Administrator & uninstall the application. But first enable the Admin account. - Open the command prompt with Administrative privileges by opening the Start Menu & typing cmd in the search box, then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter or click the Start orb, All Programs, Accessories, right-click Command Prompt & select Run as administrator. - Type the following in the command prompt & press Enter: net user administrator /active:yes - Restart your computer & logon as Administrator. When you are done, don't forget to disable the Admin account & do this from an account with administrative privileges but from the Administrator account that you logged in on. Oh & BTW, that command is below: net user administrator /active:no Jabbering Idiots: Everywhere You Look!

Once again, THANK YOU, Sabertooth! Worked like a charm. So easy when you know how. All that time I thought I had been operating as the Administrator (which apparently I wasn't)-- live & learn. Gratefully, IRA IRA