Vista - Administration accounts

when I am doing things on my computer Like going into Mail and comming in
here I keep getting this error . You are not
currently logged into your computer as a Administrator. I am the only one
useding my computer.And when I check under Uses Accounts it said that I am a
Administrator With password protected.Then why am I getting the error??

BB,
I came here to put forward a very similar problem. I'm trying to uninstall a
program, but I keep getting the same message you see telling me I'm not an
administrator and therefore cannot uninstall the program. Like you, I'm the
only user and I'm the administrator.

Hopefully, someone will help us both.

Cheers,
Craig

"Big Bruce" wrote:

"Big Bruce" wrote:

Don't look like we are going to get a reply

"Craig" wrote:

Hi Craig,

Your problem is a bit different. You may have a process from that program still running when you are trying to uninstall it. Check in Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) under the Processes tab to see if there is a entry for that program. If so, click on it to highlight it, then click End Process. Confirm the action, then try uninstalling it.

If you do not know which one it may be in Task Manager, then make sure the program is not listed in Startup Programs and restart the computer to try to uninstall it again. Method Two in this tutorial will show you how. You can just Disable it in case you pick the wrong one. This way it will be easy to enable it again if needed.

Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

Shawn

Hi Big Bruce and Dianne,

What antivirus program are you using? This can sometimes be the cause of this. See the FIRST section here for what to do about antivirus programs and Windows Mail.

Windows Mail problems

Hope it helps,
Shawn

Hi, did you ever get an answer for this problem? Im having the same problem.

"Big Bruce" wrote:

Are you using UAC? Have you tried toggling it and retrying?

"Big Bruce" wrote:

Dear All,
the problem is due to the issue that administrator account in the vista comes as disabled. you can enable the same with a small process

firt go to accessories. then try to find command prompt. right click on the same and select "Run as Administrator". then type as it is shown below.

net user administrator /active

This will make the administrator active. then you can change the password of the administrator with the standard procedure. you will find some solaice for the problems faced.

Krrish

prlk

This is bad advice.

The built-in administrator account should only be used for specific
procedures.

Enabling the built-in administrator account to be used for your everyday
account is never a good option. Besides losing all of the Vista security
components, this can also introduce other problems as well some other
unexpected behavior.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


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