my vista thinks I am not the admin. so i cant instal/unintall prog

[Guest]

A couple days ago, when i was signing into WLMessenger I got a window saying
" a newer version is available. youu must install newer version to continue.
Would you like to do this now? " so i press yes and it starts but then i get
a window saying " the administrator has set policies" but i am the only user
and i am an administrator. so i go to Control Panel>Unintall a Program then i
tried to uninstall WLMessenger then it say i need administrators Permission
but i am the administrator!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
THX> ANDY MAC

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Andy,

What's the status of User Account Control (UAC) in the system?

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A couple days ago, when i was signing into WLMessenger I got a window saying
" a newer version is available. youu must install newer version to continue.
Would you like to do this now? " so i press yes and it starts but then i get
a window saying " the administrator has set policies" but i am the only user
and i am an administrator. so i go to Control Panel>Unintall a Program then i
tried to uninstall WLMessenger then it say i need administrators Permission
but i am the administrator!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
THX> ANDY MAC

 

[Guest]

It is turned on.

Andy

 

[Guest]

I tried to run as admin, but it still didnt work

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Check this article.

"The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation"
http://www.rebrandsoftware.com/showsupport.asp?article_id=89

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


It is turned on.

Andy

 

[SallyL]

hi,

i'm an administrator but i couldnt delete unused files even after i
uninstalled the program. it kept on asking me to have an administrator
permission & try again... it takes up alot of my drive space.

do u have any idea wats going wrong? i'm an administrator & i myself couldnt
even delete those files? pls help how to get rid of this problem once & for
all?

thanks.

SallyL