Vista - Administrator not recognized as such

Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
move it into C:\Windows.

Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
as an administrator. What's missing?

Thanks

Actually Vista introduces new security policies to harden the system.

You must be able to install the softwares by right clicking on the
executable and clicking on run as administrator


"Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:

> Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
> notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
> identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
> administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
> BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
> involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
> administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
> move it into C:\Windows.
>
> Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
> as an administrator. What's missing?
>
> Thanks

I've tried doing that but it just doesn't seem to recognize my account,
specified as belong to the group "administrators" as being an administrator.
I've run out of ideas or reasons for this. Any other ideas as to why this is
happening would be greatly appreciated.

"ask4jm" wrote:

> Actually Vista introduces new security policies to harden the system.
>
> You must be able to install the softwares by right clicking on the
> executable and clicking on run as administrator
>
>
> "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
>
> > Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
> > notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
> > identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
> > administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
> > BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
> > involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
> > administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
> > move it into C:\Windows.
> >
> > Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
> > as an administrator. What's missing?
> >
> > Thanks

Right click on My Computer->Manage to open Computer Management Console

Select System Tools -> Local Users and Groups -> Users (on the left pane)

Now u should see the users listed on the right pane. Right click on the user
u r logging in and select properties.

Now select the Member Of tab and check if administrator is listed on the
top. If not you r not using an administrator account.



"Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:

> I've tried doing that but it just doesn't seem to recognize my account,
> specified as belong to the group "administrators" as being an administrator.
> I've run out of ideas or reasons for this. Any other ideas as to why this is
> happening would be greatly appreciated.
>
> "ask4jm" wrote:
>
> > Actually Vista introduces new security policies to harden the system.
> >
> > You must be able to install the softwares by right clicking on the
> > executable and clicking on run as administrator
> >
> >
> > "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
> >
> > > Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
> > > notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
> > > identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
> > > administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
> > > BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
> > > involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
> > > administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
> > > move it into C:\Windows.
> > >
> > > Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
> > > as an administrator. What's missing?
> > >
> > > Thanks

Yep, the account is listed an a member of the Administrators group. Something
strange is going on here and I'm at a loss as to why a member of the
administrators group cannot function as an administrator. Is there anything
else that can be amiss?

Thanks

"ask4jm" wrote:

>
> Right click on My Computer->Manage to open Computer Management Console
>
> Select System Tools -> Local Users and Groups -> Users (on the left pane)
>
> Now u should see the users listed on the right pane. Right click on the user
> u r logging in and select properties.
>
> Now select the Member Of tab and check if administrator is listed on the
> top. If not you r not using an administrator account.
>
>
>
> "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
>
> > I've tried doing that but it just doesn't seem to recognize my account,
> > specified as belong to the group "administrators" as being an administrator.
> > I've run out of ideas or reasons for this. Any other ideas as to why this is
> > happening would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > "ask4jm" wrote:
> >
> > > Actually Vista introduces new security policies to harden the system.
> > >
> > > You must be able to install the softwares by right clicking on the
> > > executable and clicking on run as administrator
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
> > > > notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
> > > > identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
> > > > administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
> > > > BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
> > > > involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
> > > > administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
> > > > move it into C:\Windows.
> > > >
> > > > Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
> > > > as an administrator. What's missing?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks

Run Command Prompt as administrator by right clicking on it and selecting Run
as administrator

Now execute the program installers using this command prompt.

(Command prompt available at "All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt")

"Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:

> Yep, the account is listed an a member of the Administrators group. Something
> strange is going on here and I'm at a loss as to why a member of the
> administrators group cannot function as an administrator. Is there anything
> else that can be amiss?
>
> Thanks
>
> "ask4jm" wrote:
>
> >
> > Right click on My Computer->Manage to open Computer Management Console
> >
> > Select System Tools -> Local Users and Groups -> Users (on the left pane)
> >
> > Now u should see the users listed on the right pane. Right click on the user
> > u r logging in and select properties.
> >
> > Now select the Member Of tab and check if administrator is listed on the
> > top. If not you r not using an administrator account.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
> >
> > > I've tried doing that but it just doesn't seem to recognize my account,
> > > specified as belong to the group "administrators" as being an administrator.
> > > I've run out of ideas or reasons for this. Any other ideas as to why this is
> > > happening would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > "ask4jm" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Actually Vista introduces new security policies to harden the system.
> > > >
> > > > You must be able to install the softwares by right clicking on the
> > > > executable and clicking on run as administrator
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
> > > > > notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
> > > > > identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
> > > > > administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
> > > > > BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
> > > > > involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
> > > > > administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
> > > > > move it into C:\Windows.
> > > > >
> > > > > Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
> > > > > as an administrator. What's missing?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks

Thanks for the help but I think I'm going to go back to XP on this computer.
If I can't use administrative permissions I have no choice. I do apprecitate
the help though!

Louis

"ask4jm" wrote:

> Run Command Prompt as administrator by right clicking on it and selecting Run
> as administrator
>
> Now execute the program installers using this command prompt.
>
> (Command prompt available at "All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt")
>
> "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
>
> > Yep, the account is listed an a member of the Administrators group. Something
> > strange is going on here and I'm at a loss as to why a member of the
> > administrators group cannot function as an administrator. Is there anything
> > else that can be amiss?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > "ask4jm" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Right click on My Computer->Manage to open Computer Management Console
> > >
> > > Select System Tools -> Local Users and Groups -> Users (on the left pane)
> > >
> > > Now u should see the users listed on the right pane. Right click on the user
> > > u r logging in and select properties.
> > >
> > > Now select the Member Of tab and check if administrator is listed on the
> > > top. If not you r not using an administrator account.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've tried doing that but it just doesn't seem to recognize my account,
> > > > specified as belong to the group "administrators" as being an administrator.
> > > > I've run out of ideas or reasons for this. Any other ideas as to why this is
> > > > happening would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > "ask4jm" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Actually Vista introduces new security policies to harden the system.
> > > > >
> > > > > You must be able to install the softwares by right clicking on the
> > > > > executable and clicking on run as administrator
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Mild Mannered Professor" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Our I.T. department which does not support Vista yet has set up my Vista
> > > > > > notebook with one of the I.T. folks having an administrative account and then
> > > > > > identified my personal account as being an administrator. Even with that
> > > > > > administrator identity I still cannot install software such as FireFox and
> > > > > > BOINC which need to access the C:\Windows directory. Part of the install
> > > > > > involves a folder named Downloaded Installations in C:\Windows. Even as an
> > > > > > administrator I cannot create that folder myself nor create one elsewhere and
> > > > > > move it into C:\Windows.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Therefore my question would be how to get Vista to recognize my user account
> > > > > > as an administrator. What's missing?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks