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I ran an upgrade with win home 7. I am the administrator. When I try to delete old programs, I get a message that reads require permission from Admin or trusted installer. How do I delete these programs. I put my password as an administrator when I logged in. Thanks

Hello, all. My gadgets disappeared. They do not look like black boxes or anything, they just do not show up at all. The right-click gadgets menu is simply empty, there's no gadgets there at all, not even the default ones. Just to be clear, I already have done the following things: - checked if...

Describes a problem that can prevent administrators from accessing network shares in certain scenarios. More...

Hi, I have a small problem. There is a program I was downloading with Firefox however it failed to work. It created a *.part file on the desktop, however this file is undeletable. It says I require administrator status (even though I am using the Admin account, as I am the only user) and that I...

There is a BIG bug in UAC password prompts and "Run as Administrator"!!! Accessing files/folders Well, first problem is accessing other users' files/folders! Until recently I had only one Administrator User, but I created a Standard User for safer daily use. I have all my documents in the...

I'm tasked with fixing this laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Build 7600 because of issues with it 'crashing'. Found it to be freezing randomly. I would log in, do nothing and let the system sit there and it would freeze eventually, I would be able to move the cursor but I could not...

Hello, I know this title I posted seems to be very general and alot of websites actually answers that question, but I'm really stuck coz I find my laptop one of a kind. Alright so here goes the problem, I installed Windows 7 on my laptop, and due to my personal needs, I have to install adobe...

Before I go into detail, I understand that saving things to the C drive, whether it be by a user or a program, can generally be a bad idea. I have two computers currently running Windows 7. -On both computers, I use an account with administrator privileges -On both computers UAC is set at...

Hi, i am tried to creat schtasks in windows 7 but the task is not popup at scheduled task time. command is: schtasks /create /tn prabhu /tr notepad.exe /sc once /sd 5/2/2011 /st 10:00:00 /ru prabhukumara /rp prabhu can anyone please help me, how to create schtasks in windows 7. the above...

What to do if speech recogntion just won't work QUESTION Speech recognition will no longer load on my Windows 7 PC. Unless I first switch off User Account Control, I get the error message: ‘C:\Windows\Speech\Common\sapisvr.exe. A referral was returned from the server’. According to my online...

I was seeking to access a backup folder (from my iPad) on the Documents and Settings tab on the C drive. When I did I received the message "You don't currently have permission to access this computer. Click continue to permanently get access to this computer. Clicked continue:, got this...

I have a fresh install of windows vista 3 days ago. Ever since,,,CERTAIN downloads would install and some would not even download. I am bewildered at the reason WHY this would happen. Like i said,,,some programs does download and install and some would download ONLY, and some would NOT download...

BOSTON and MANCHESTER, England, February 15, 2011 -- Avecto, the world leader in Windows privilege management, today announced that its award winning privilege management solution, Privilege Guard, provides protection against code injection threats that exist in the default configuration of User...

As far as I know I have full administrative privileges and UAC is off. I am the sole user and this is the only account. I tried to install a new version of VMware Stand Alone Converter. I right clicked and ran as administrator. It asked about removing old version and I checked OK. It runs and...

Avecto, the world leader in Windows privilege management, today announced that its award winning privilege management solution, Privilege Guard, provides protection against code injection threats that exist in the default configuration of User Account Control on Windows 7. More...

I have a new Windows 7 Pro 64x system and I decided not to use UAC so I set the slider to the lowest setting and rebooted. All worked well for a while but it appears that occasionally, when I reboot, UAC is reset to the highest value. I cannot find an event that causes this and I have not...

it's a folder of music i downloaded. first it had a padlock icon over the folder. i ran 'takeown' to take care of that, but i'm STILL getting "you'll need to provide administrator permission to delete this folder" um... I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR! so i click "continue", then i get "you...

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium Edition in a Toshiba netbook. I created a folder on my desktop with a file in it. In Windows Explorer, I tried to move that folder into another folder that is in the Program Files folder. When I tried to do that, I received a message box, "You need to provide...