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

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

quit messanger properly.

right mouse messanger shortcut> run as administrator... now do your
update!


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Andy,

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

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"Andy Mac" <Andy Mac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:082D50C4-AAA4-4869-A82F-AD6F9A4E5FFD@microsoft.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

It is turned on.

Andy

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Andy,
>
> What's the status of User Account Control (UAC) in the system?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Andy Mac" <Andy Mac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:082D50C4-AAA4-4869-A82F-AD6F9A4E5FFD@microsoft.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
>

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

"squeakstar" wrote:

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> quit messanger properly.
>
> right mouse messanger shortcut> run as administrator... now do your
> update!
>
>
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Check this article.

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

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"Andy Mac" <AndyMac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E9ED6EE4-F15C-48D2-83DD-3811C9D3258A@microsoft.com...
It is turned on.

Andy

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Andy,
>
> What's the status of User Account Control (UAC) in the system?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Andy Mac" <Andy Mac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:082D50C4-AAA4-4869-A82F-AD6F9A4E5FFD@microsoft.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
>

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

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> quit messanger properly.
>
> right mouse messanger shortcut> run as administrator... now do your
> update!
>
>
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