Admin Privileges don't work

[Gary]

Hi all,
My administrative account is the only one assigned
admin privileges, but now each time i try & use them, I
get "you don't have sufficientsecurity privileges" this
is on the server - add / remove hotfixes/ programs etc &
also all our XP clients, which means I can't windows
update, system restore etc. I've made my own account a
member of the admins group but still no privileges
granted. I've googled & all I can findd is Kb 313222 -
reset security settings back to default. Again i can't do
this as I can't backup the system state of each machine!
The last time I used the admin privilege was May update
when I did all critical updates on the XP boxes and
Server PLUS I upgraded ie on the server from 5.5 to 6.
could this be the problem? trouble is, I can't remove the
hotfix. Any suggestions / help would be appreciated.

TIA
Gary

 

[RC]

Are you running a domain with GPO's? Sounds like you may have palyed around
with the default profile....deleted admin profile and then when it reloaded
the admin profile it took whatever settings where configured under the
default profile. Sounds confusing...but I have done this before.