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Old 05-16-2008
waf375
 

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strange error message
When I shut down Windows Mail I get the following message
"Yor are not currently logged into your computer as an Administrator. This
installer requires that the unser be logged in as an Administrator. Please
log out and log back in as an Administrator, and then restart the installer."
Powered by SupportSoft.

I don't have any programs by any company called support soft and this only
happens when I shut down Windows Mail. Any suggestions will be appreciated
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Old 05-18-2008
dbeadle
 

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RE: strange error message
I am having the same problem. If you look back on the list of issues to 5/15
and see an entry titled 'logging out of email' you'll see some suggestions
given to me. They didn't resolve my issue, but may help you. I'm beginning to
think I'll have to live with it for a while. I just got this computer and
when I go to Microsoft help they tell me they'd be glad to help me for a nice
fee, otherwise I need to go to HP for help. HP tells me to go to Microsoft.
Bill Gates pisses me off!

"waf375" wrote:

> When I shut down Windows Mail I get the following message
> "Yor are not currently logged into your computer as an Administrator. This
> installer requires that the unser be logged in as an Administrator. Please
> log out and log back in as an Administrator, and then restart the installer."
> Powered by SupportSoft.
>
> I don't have any programs by any company called support soft and this only
> happens when I shut down Windows Mail. Any suggestions will be appreciated
> --
> waf375

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Old 05-18-2008
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Re: strange error message

waf375;713746 Wrote:
> When I shut down Windows Mail I get the following message
> "Yor are not currently logged into your computer as an Administrator.
> This
> installer requires that the unser be logged in as an Administrator.
> Please
> log out and log back in as an Administrator, and then restart the
> installer."
> Powered by SupportSoft.
>
> I don't have any programs by any company called support soft and this
> only
> happens when I shut down Windows Mail.


On my computer, supportsoft is installed by the manufacturer (dell in
my case). It is part of their support software.

Try this. Start orb/ type 'services' (no quotes). Continue at the UAC
prompt. Scroll down the list to find supportsoft. On the left, click on
Stop the service. Next right click and select properties. On the startup
type dropdown, select manual.

Edit:You could disable if you don't use your manufacturers support
system.

That should do it. Please let me know how it works.

Gary


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Old 05-18-2008
dbeadle
 

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Re: strange error message
You beat me to it Gary. I had the same problem and went into my control
panel, selected 'change startup programs' and disabled 'supportsoft sprtcmd'
from starting up automatically and the error message no longer appears. I am
running Vista by the way. I also stopped the Norton Security app from
starting automatically since my company provides me with McAfee for free.
Norton was a 'free trial' that came with the computer when I bought it a few
weeks ago.

"garysgold" wrote:

>
> waf375;713746 Wrote:
> > When I shut down Windows Mail I get the following message
> > "Yor are not currently logged into your computer as an Administrator.
> > This
> > installer requires that the unser be logged in as an Administrator.
> > Please
> > log out and log back in as an Administrator, and then restart the
> > installer."
> > Powered by SupportSoft.
> >
> > I don't have any programs by any company called support soft and this
> > only
> > happens when I shut down Windows Mail.

>
> On my computer, supportsoft is installed by the manufacturer (dell in
> my case). It is part of their support software.
>
> Try this. Start orb/ type 'services' (no quotes). Continue at the UAC
> prompt. Scroll down the list to find supportsoft. On the left, click on
> Stop the service. Next right click and select properties. On the startup
> type dropdown, select manual.
>
> Edit:You could disable if you don't use your manufacturers support
> system.
>
> That should do it. Please let me know how it works.
>
> Gary
>
>
> --
> garysgold
>
> Vista Home Premiumx32 SP1
> Q6600 Quad Core 2.40 GHz
> 4 GB Ram 800 MHz
> Nvidia 8600GTS 256MB
> 500 GB HD
> Exp. Index=5.5
>

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Old 05-18-2008
garysgold
 

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Re: strange error message

Both Norton and McAfee have been known to cause problems although it may
take some time. See here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/62...-problems.html
Also be sure to turn email scanning off.

Gary


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Old 05-18-2008
waf375
 

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RE: strange error message
Thanks for all the suggestions. Support Soft is tied into my support program
from my ISP, Time Warner. Followed the advice of turning it off in startup
programs and the problem has stopped. Again, thanks for the help.
--
waf375


"waf375" wrote:

> When I shut down Windows Mail I get the following message
> "Yor are not currently logged into your computer as an Administrator. This
> installer requires that the unser be logged in as an Administrator. Please
> log out and log back in as an Administrator, and then restart the installer."
> Powered by SupportSoft.
>
> I don't have any programs by any company called support soft and this only
> happens when I shut down Windows Mail. Any suggestions will be appreciated
> --
> waf375

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Old 05-18-2008
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Re: strange error message

Glad you got it fixed.

Gary


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