no administrator account

[desiree7790]

windows vista, I should have 3 accounts in my laptop, the original
adminstrator, guest which is off, and another one with adminstrator rights,
when I try to use the last one to remove any software, it just let me know
that I need administrator right to download or remove. How can I restore the
original administrator account?

 

[t-4-2]

Right click on the program you want to remove, select Run as Administrator.
Now, try to delete again.

t-4-2

 

[Gordon]

windows vista, I should have 3 accounts in my laptop, the original
adminstrator, guest which is off, and another one with adminstrator
rights,
when I try to use the last one to remove any software, it just let me know
that I need administrator right to download or remove. How can I restore
the
original administrator account?

The built-in default Administrator account is, AFAIK, disabled by default in
Vista.
When you go to uninstall software using the account with administrator
rights and it asks for permission, have you just tried clicking "Yes"?

 

[desiree7790]

The built-in default Administrator account is, AFAIK, disabled by default in
Vista.
When you go to uninstall software using the account with administrator
rights and it asks for permission, have you just tried clicking "Yes"?

It just show 2 options continue or cancel but just let me click on cancel only.

 

[desiree7790]

A box : a problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will
close the program and notify you if a sloution is available.

 

[Gordon]

Then there is some third-party influence here because an administrator
should be able to uninstall software.
Two questions:
1: What is this application you are trying to uninstall and
2: Is this a work computer?

 

[Gordon]

A box : a problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows
will
close the program and notify you if a sloution is available.

RUNNING a program as Administrator isn't going to give you any option to
uninstall it....

 

[t-4-2]

Who said Run As Administrator is going to give an option to uninstall ?"
Did I say that ? Don't put words in my mouth.
Run As Administrator would give required Permission to un-install.

t-4-2

 

[desiree7790]

1. windows live onecare, I have this one in my computer but in my laptop I
downloaded but it didn't finish. I removed windows defender, to try to
download one care again but now I stuck with.
2. no

 

[Gordon's Keeper]

RUNNING a program as Administrator isn't going to give you any option to
uninstall it....

Err - where did he say that? Err <sigh> Umm. Maybe you have your head
stuck up your ass so far you can't comprehend what you read. Err. <sigh>
Umm.

Did I say Err? Umm?

 

[desiree7790]

I have Onecare since 6 months, I downloaded in my computer working good, and
I tried to download it with my account in my laptop.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

You're still totally wrong. Running a program as administrator has nothing
to do with uninstalling the program.

 

[t-4-2]

May be my choice of words is not up to par.
Run As Administrator would have the necessary permissions to perform certain
tasks which require elevated rights, such as un-installing a program.
t-4-2

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

No, it is your concept which is wrong.

Run as Administrator applies only to the one specific application which is
started in that mode, and only for the duration of that particular instance
of the application.

Perhaps you were trying to suggest logging on to *the* Administrator
account to perform the uninstallation. This is a very different idea.

If that is what you meant, I would expect it to work, but I am not sure. I
have never had a problem with permissions when uninstalling applications
that I have installed, so I've never tried or researched using the
Administrator account to uninstall an app.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I just read a post on a (slightly) related topic from lemur, which gave me
this idea.

Find the program's "program files" or "program files (x86)" folder and see
if there is an uninstaller in that folder. Run *that* program with elevated
privileges (same as "Run as Administrator"). It should do the job.

If that is what you meant all along, then I didn't manage to get it from
what you said - sorry.

 

[t-4-2]

That's what I meant. Even on CMD ( command prompt ) one needs to right
click, click Run as Administrator if one wants to do a System File Check (
sfc ).
OK. Case closed.

t-4-2

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, desiree.

HOW are you trying to remove the program?

Please tell us, step by step, what keys you press or click and what messages
you see. Please don't paraphrase, but post the messages verbatim. (You MAY
be able to copy'n'paste the message into your next post.)

In Vista, we normally use Control Panel | Programs and Features, highlight
the application we want to remove, click Uninstall, and let Vista do the
rest. Is that what you are doing? What messages are you seeing? (I'm
using Win7 now and I don't recall at which point Vista asks for
Administrator credentials, even if you are running in an Administrator
account, but that is normal behavior for Vista. Win7 automatically removes
a few of the removable barricades in this process.)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

That crazy Lemur. He doesn't know what he's taking about!

Yeah, I noticed

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

From what you just said, I'm still not sure if you and I are on the same
page here...

 

[desiree7790]

with windows xp, just ctrl+alt+del on welcome screen and show administrator,
any way for windowx vista to show adminstrator account?