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Old 05-15-2008   #3 (permalink)
nhykoro
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Re: I am administrator but Vista will not allow me to install upda

I only have one account set up on laptop - the one that came with the laptop
when I bought it. I believe it is an administrator account.

"t-4-2" wrote:
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> "nhykoro" <nhykoro@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >I have just bought a new laptop and am new to Vista. I have tried to
> >install
> > the latest Windows updates but continually get the message "You need to
> > provide Administrator permission". I AM the Administrator, I am the only
> > user on this PC.
> >
> > Can anyone help please.
> >
> > Thanks
> Hello nhykoro,
> Please find out if you were on administrator account or user account when
> you attempted to install updates. To simplify my question, do you have 2
> accounts set up in your computer , 1 admin account, and 1 user account ?
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