Install privleges

[Todd Howell]

I have run into this problem now on several occasions
with different software. The install quits telling me
that I need to be logged in as an aministrator. I AM the
Administrator. I've tried creating other Admin accounts,
but I continue to get the same error. Any suggestions?

 

[IBTerry [MSFT]]

It is possible that the administrators group was removed from some of the
user rights assignments for your machine.
You can use MYTOKEN.EXE(Platform SDK) to see what user rights are assigned
to your administrator account. You can then compare this information w/ a
working admin account on another machine.

The output will look like the following. This is the section you would
compare to a working admin account.
Privileges associated with this token (18)
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege - (attributes) 3
SeSecurityPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeBackupPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeRestorePrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeSystemtimePrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeShutdownPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeDebugPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeSystemProfilePrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeLoadDriverPrivilege - (attributes) 2
SeCreatePagefilePrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege - (attributes) 0
SeUndockPrivilege - (attributes) 2
SeManageVolumePrivilege - (attributes) 0

It maybe something like the admin account does not have the right to
load/unload device drivers.
The following article shows what each of the above user rights map to...
245207 How to: Determine NTRIGHTS Names and Meanings
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245207

IBTerry [MSFT]
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[Jes]

Are you running a firewall?
Try disabling while you do the install.
If this works then you are blocking 'runn dll as an app'
which uses rundll32.exe to perform a task.

If that is the case go into your firewall settings and
change the rule that deinies rundll as an app. to
either 'ask for permission' or 'permit'.

If this works please drop me an email.