Frustrated with Vista

[SOCCERNUT]

Why do I lose my admin rights? I am logged in to my pc as admin and can download and install things, then allof a sudden i cannot, i am prompted to enter id and pass but now they have no effect??

soccernut

[josephdean]

Check your Local Security Policy settings.

Ctrl Pnl/System and Maintenance/Admin Tools: Local Security Policy

Check the settings for User Account Control: look for executables elevation and application specifics.

Not sure if this may help at all but if this area is configured incorrectly it can affect app installs.

[SOCCERNUT]

Thank You, I will try

soccernut

[maxnix]

Good question. On program installs I often receive that notice, but over come it by either forging ahead or restarting the install.

So frustrating. I swear once I got a dialog box letting me install as admin, but not recently.