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| Guest | Administrator Issues Hi, I have a few programs that I want to take off my computer, but a pop-up comes up and says that I need to contact the adminstrator. I am the only one that uses this laptop and have not been able to fix this issue. I have Windows Vista Home Premium OS 32 bit. Any suggestions????? |
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| Guest | Re: Administrator Issues Hi Kelsey, Are you trying to remove the programs using the "Uninstall a program" from Programs and Features in Control Panel? If not, how are you trying to uninstall them? Some programs do have badly-written uninstallers that fail to ask for the correct permissions to uninstall them. If they will not uninstall via Programs and Features, Uninstall a Program, you may need to find the actual uninstall executable in the Program Files folder for the program. Right-click on the uninstaller executable and select "Run as administrator". "Kelsey13" <Kelsey13@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2CE97041-A739-44DA-869F-B6C375529EC5@xxxxxx
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| Guest | RE: Administrator Issues Hey It sounds like whoever set up your laptop has not given you an administrator account. It would be a good idea to contact that person and get them to give you administrator access. James "Kelsey13" wrote:
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| Guest | RE: Administrator Issues Hi, I purchased this laptop from Best Buy and I am the only one who has ever used it and installed the programs. K "jamesvdm" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Administrator Issues Hi, Where do I find the uninstaller excutable file in the Programs folder, so I can select it to run as administrator. K "Jane C" wrote:
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| Guest | RE: Administrator Issues Hi Can you type in the error you get word for word? Thanks "Kelsey13" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Administrator Issues Hi, Kelsey13. I have exactly the same OS. Meaning if it works for me , it has to work for you. What you need to do is to take " ownership " of the programs. Here is the step by step :--- 1. bring up the program > right click > choose Properties 2.click Security > click Advance 3. click Effective Permission > click Select 4. enter your account name as requested by the prompt > click OK 5. a window with a long list of permissions, all checkmarked. Scroll down to the last entry, you should see Take Ownership , click OK 6. close all the windows. You are now the owner of that program. Go back to that program and delete it. PS. like the other person said , did you mean " uninstall " when you said " delete " ?If so why wouldn't you go to the programs directory and do the un-installing ? One more thing, vista does not like programs downloaded from XP.Must be some compatability issue. Consult some XP experts. "Kelsey13" <Kelsey13@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2CE97041-A739-44DA-869F-B6C375529EC5@xxxxxx
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