📎 AI Summary:
In this WindowsForum thread, the original poster reports difficulty uninstalling a program due to a permissions issue, despite being the sole user and administrator. A responder clarifies that the user needs to run the uninstaller with "run as administrator" to resolve the problem. The overall sentiment suggests a straightforward permission fix rather than an account issue.

rathbun

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I try and uninstall something and the system says I have to be the administrator....I checked and I am...I'm the only person on the computer. whats going on??
 

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It's telling you that you need administrative privileges to perform this action. Right click the software you're trying to uninstall and select "run as administrator" then uninstall it. It has nothing to do with the login account.

Jimbo22

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It's telling you that you need administrative privileges to perform this action. Right click the software you're trying to uninstall and select "run as administrator" then uninstall it. It has nothing to do with the login account.
 

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