Vista - I am administrator but Vista will not allow me to install updates

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

"nhykoro" <nhykoro@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B83E8879-CC0B-4827-8B5B-B537EA9E85CC@xxxxxxHello 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 ?

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:

Hello nhykoro,
THAT is strange! OK, stay on that account, do you knoww how to set up an account ? If yes, set up another administrator account under your name and your password. After that ,reboot or Switch user, logon to your own NEW admin account. Now try to update again. Let me know what happens.

Hi nhykoro

This may be an ACL (Access Control List) permissions issue, do you receive any error code associated with this in Event Viewer? Read This page to see if this may be what you need to fix this.

It could also mean that your WinUpdate client is corrupt and needs to be replaced. That can be done thru MS email support for free. I had the instructs around once and the needed commands but I think I neglected to save them.

Hi nhykoro
I'm new to vista also and I've been reading the replies you've been getting.
The people replying to you also reply to many others and it appears they
know what they're talking about. However one piece of advice I seldom see
and new users should be aware of is when you take home your new machine make
sure you got the backup disks and then reformat and install it. I know it's
a pain in the backside but necessary, especially if your machine was on Demo
in the store. Some retailers with demo machines on display sometimes like to
install their own little programs and utilities and accounts (passwords) to
entice you further to buy the product. God knows what else they might
install.
The above may not help but is worth considering.

Mickey


"nhykoro" <nhykoro@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Administrator permission on Vista does not (always/actually) mean capital
"A" administrator. What it is asking for is 'your' permission, your approval
to allow the program to elevate its rights to take advantage of
administrator level permissions. if you are getting a pop up screen asking
for permission - just "OK" it and it should proceed. If you still have a
problem, then take notice of which update is giving you these problems. You
could also open windows update, view the log to see names and status of
programs that failed to install.


"Mickey Mouse" <mickey@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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