Administrator Rights Usurped?

[Guest]

When I set up my laptop (Vista Business) I thought I went through all the
proper steps in answering the questions it asked in setting me up as
administrator. However, when I tried to load some camera software, the
software stopped and said only the admin. could load. I tried many things to
no avail.

I then cancelled out my original user set-up and created another making sure
it was set up and defined as admin.

Still can't load any software.....How do I get Win Vista to recognize me as
the administrator? I have tried all the prompts in UAC.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Cal Bear '66]

In Windows Explorer, right click on the setup or install executable file for
your camera software and select "Run as Administrator".

 

[Guest]

Cal Bear 66,
Thank you for your response! Please forgive my computer illiteracy....I
tried as you suggested in Win Ex and got "software cannot be installed as
"Run As" program.

I do not know what/how to install an executable file.....any help?

PS - You must be my pastors brother, he too bleeds Cal blue and gold!

 

[Cal Bear '66]

An executable file has the extension .EXE.

In Windows Explorer, click on the camera software CD (?) and look for a file in
the top level (or root directory) called SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE, right click
it and select "Run as Administrator". If it is not there, look for the file in
a folder (directory) in the left hand pane called SETUP or INSTALL, click on it
and look for setup.exe or install.exe.

Brother in spirit indeed. But my real brother, sadly, is deceased. Anyway,
give your pastor my best regards from this Old Blue (class of 1966) ex-patriot
Californian now living in NYC.


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!

 

[Robert Moir]

Cal Bear 66,
Thank you for your response! Please forgive my computer illiteracy....I
tried as you suggested in Win Ex and got "software cannot be installed as
"Run As" program.

I do not know what/how to install an executable file.....any help?

I don't think you're doing anything wrong as such. Does this software say it
actually works with Vista? Some stuff that was written for XP is
Vista-unfriendly and needs some persuading to work with Vista, some stuff
written for XP just ain't going to work.

 

[John]

Your rights aren't usurped, exactly, they're just being questioned by that
wonderful friend UAC. If you want to not be nagged there is a setting in
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) that will elevate you as administrator without
question. Funny that you need to be elevated from administrator to
administrator, but that's UAC logic. Let me know if you want to change that
one setting while leaving the rest of UAC in tact.