admin rights

Why wont windows let me install any cd/dvd burning software on my computer? I get error 1603 with some programs while other programs stop mid installation and just say access denied. And yes i am installing as an admin.

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and twenty-five privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution...

Hi, Newbie to the forum, here. I write small programs for myself and friends. One of them I have just completed - which works fine on several computers - installs itself in the 'Program Files (x86)' folder. However, on my friend's computer (Win7), when it tries to access and/or create a...

In the attached screenshot you can see what pops up every time this new user logs in to our local network domain. The server name is "goodbuddy" on "TRUCKERSREPORT" domain and it seems to be running some kind of setup right at login every time. I don't want to allow this user admin rights for...

Hi all, I am having problems with my PC at the moment. I cannot install drivers on my computer, when I try it says "Access Denied". I have Admin rights on my account. Any help is very much appreciated as it is a very annoying problem.

I want my Win7-Pro box to auto start (BIOS Power mgmt Time Set) and launch automated scheduled application. I had to disable UAC so it can start and run like my old XP. This works with one account and no password. I wanted full admin permissions so I created 2nd acct, super-admin with...

I reinstalled Windows 7,and everything was fine until I tryed updating it.Every time after installing and restarting it says "Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer" and when I click on the details it's the "0x80070005" error (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED...

hi intro: few days back i have formatted my hdd and installed win7ultimate i'm only user on this pc. no password. not messing with accounts, rights. what i want to do: make new folder in Program Files folder and download to this folder by program TortoiseSVN other app from github. problem...

On multiple occasions when I have tried to create or delete files I am told that I do not have admin permission and that access is denied. My account is the only one on my computer and when I checked in control panel it says that I am the administrator. Does anyone know a way to bypass or fix...

I am trying to elevate a command given (in this case just another cmd.exe) if the user is not admin. However i get the error: C:\Users\metul_000>runas /user:administrator cmd.exe Enter the password for administrator: Attempting to start cmd.exe as user "WINDOWS8\administrator" ... RUNAS ERROR...

So i have a pretty good understanding of computers, i like to change my password often just to be secure. When doing so i change it via CMD prompt, because for me this is just the fastest easiest way. Well today something went horribly wrong, i have no idea what happen. All i know is i can no...

I was able to access my flash drive last Friday, 2/28/14, and any day prior to that without any problems however Monday, 3/3/14, I get the following error when attempting to access my drive, "You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to...

A little while back, my computer started telling me that over 60% of my CPU was being used up by something, even while nothing was running on my PC. I opened resource manager and it's the .NET Framework installation utility running and not doing anything but using up over half of my processor. I...

Have recently upgraded a pc to WIN 8.1 Pro 64 bit from WIN 7 64 bit. Before the upgrade I had a DxTreme 380 media box located in the lounge room and networked via Cat6 cable to the pc in the bedroom. All devices on the network - Samsung tv, DxTreme box + 4 PC's have static IP addresses...

I can't open any software with "run as administrator". My laptop is Hp with win 7. If I open a program, at User Account Control window box YES tab does not active and only NO tab active. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 10, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted...

Hi, hoping someone can help me with this issue. I have Windows 7 installed. I created an account with username 'me' for myself with admin privileges. There are other accounts on the system such as Administrator, Guest, etc. But now whenever I reboot the winlogon allows me to only login as...

Link Removed So I recently been unable to uninstall some malware that got onto my computer and it seems I can't run installers with a simple double click or rightclick+run as admin any more... It all throws up various errors related to admin permissions. I've found what does work shift+right...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves ten privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage...

Got a Windows 8 PC just a couple of days ago, and I was going to make a new account. In the Start menu, I clicked my account at the top and then Guest. Quickly found out it's not what I wanted, and then restarted to see if I could make a new account from the first login screen. And now, I can't...