user account control

On my new Windows 7 - 64 bit computer, occasionally the system would ask me if I wanted the Admin Privileges needed to perform some task I was trying, I'd say Yes, & life was good. But today I wanted to create a new folder in c/program files (x86)/turbotax, & the system said i could only create...

I'm not sure if this problem goes here, but here it is anyways. I'm trying to launch a game I recently installed. Everything was fine and dandy until I actually tried to play. Everytime I tried to launch it, it comes up saying that my administration is insufficient. I am the administrator and...

I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on a 32 bit PC and I am trying to set up the ODBC drivers to use with Crystal Reports XI, SP6. I had CR running on my old XP machine, and have made the ODBC settings EXACTLY the same on both PCs. When I click 'Apply & Test Connection' in the ODBC Driver Setup...

Hi & Hello people,How are you guys today?Im here because today im having some difficulties to delete the ESET NOD32 Anti Virus folder Located at C/Program Files/ESET After i UNINSTALL the anti virus,i noticed that the folder were still there then trying to manually delete it but failed.It...

hello everyone i have windows 7 pro 64 bit i tried to delete some dll file that is in program file in c and then it wrote to me you need permission to perform this action you require permission from ...... to make changes to this file i look it up in google and i've tried everything... nothing...

This may sound stupid, but I'm very new to windows 7. I made a change to a file using word pad and when went to save the changes, an error box popped up saying denied. What do I have to do so I can save changes?

I'm the only user of the computer and supposedly have Admin rights. However, cannot manage computer or install any software. I activated the hidden Administrator account and created a new user account with admin rights, but same result, the new account cannot perform admin tasks. All this...

Not sure if this is a W-7 or ZA issue: When I start my computer, I always get the message: Do You want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer... I have to say YES every time in order to run zlclient and therefore have ZA running. How can I stop this message and just...

I enabled the checkbox in the properties->Compatibility tab of a certain *.exe Privilege level: Run this program as an administrator=yes The check in the checkbox is accepted. I click "apply" and close the properties. However when double click afterwards on such an *.exe in...

When I start certain programs then sometimes an "User account control" UAC popup appears asking me if I really want to allow this program to start and possibly to make changes to this computer. How can I suppress this popup permanently FOR THIS progam (but keep it in general for all new...

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit: Is there a way to change the UAC settings or disable it for a particular shortcut (application) on my computer? I don't want to change all UAC controls for my system because I still want the added security, however, on applications that I know are...

So I just reinstalled Windows 7 Professional edition and I have a odd suspicion that the computer is acting like I'm on the only user that is the administrator. For a few programs I was trying to reinstall, it didn't have the usual "allow/deny" message, but an actual message box to enter the...

Hey guyz Nice forums :) When i try to install virtual box on my win7 ultimate 32bit i got an security message to give access for install... but this window dont respond.. and without my "ok" the install rolls back. lets see the screenshot Link Removed due to 404 Error is any way to disable this...

[SOLVED] Administrator Permissions not working on Administator Account Alright, so I did some looking through similar threads but couldn't find any with this exact issue. Hopefully this is not a repeat thread, I don't think it is. SOLUTION It turns out that some of the files in the folder were...

Hi all, I'm running into three issues which I'm guessing are related -- 1) Windows 7 seems to protect certain folder trees differently than others. In particular, the Program Files tree. If I try to copy a file to a folder in that tree or rename a file in one of the folders, I get a dialog...

When I tried to install a font on Windows 7. There was a alert that "Access is denied". How can I solve this ?

This has been happening with many games that I download off the internet. After the game downloads and installs, the exe file goes from being a program installer to a video game launcher. Windows fails to realize this, and every time I start the game the UAC pops up and I have to confirm that...

I have just installed a game called 'X3 Terran Conflict' this game worked fine on my old computer but i just bought a new computer and so installed it ont he new computer. however when i try to run the programme the error message 'insufficient privileges: you must be administrator to run the...

Hello everyone!, I am having this huge problem with a computer! The guest account is the only one I can access. It has no administrator account! The computer is a dell inspiron one. It has the built in recovery repair on it, but when i try that it has no admin account to type the...

Hello People. I am hugely frustrated with Windows 7 64 bit as installed on my desktop computer. I have the 32 bit version installed on my laptop, and am not experiencing these problems. Today, I attempted to install Super Antispyware free edition. Part way through the install, I received this...