When Administrator is not administrator?

I am running Vista Business 64-bit.

For some strange reasons I cannot add anything to System DSN tag in ODBC
Administrator.

I am getting "You are not logged on as administator" popup. Needless to say - I
*am* logged on as member of Administrators group and I am running Data Sources
(ODBC) from elevated command window and/or "Run As Administrator".

I even logged on as "Administrator" - with the same result.

Seems to me that something is wrong with my registry somewhere (most precise
diagnosis I can come up with ...).

Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling Vista?


Jan M. Nelken

Jan M. Nelken wrote:
> I am running Vista Business 64-bit.
>
> For some strange reasons I cannot add anything to System DSN tag in ODBC
> Administrator.
>
> I am getting "You are not logged on as administator" popup. Needless to
> say - I *am* logged on as member of Administrators group and I am
> running Data Sources (ODBC) from elevated command window and/or "Run As
> Administrator".
>
> I even logged on as "Administrator" - with the same result.
>
> Seems to me that something is wrong with my registry somewhere (most
> precise diagnosis I can come up with ...).
>
> Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling Vista?
>
>
> Jan M. Nelken

Any thoughts?
Anybody?

Jan M. Nelken

Just to let you know ... your posts are coming through.

That said, I have no idea what you are asking.

"Jan M. Nelken" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Jan M. Nelken wrote:
>> I am running Vista Business 64-bit.
>>
>> For some strange reasons I cannot add anything to System DSN tag in
>> ODBC Administrator.
>>
>> I am getting "You are not logged on as administator" popup. Needless
>> to say - I *am* logged on as member of Administrators group and I am
>> running Data Sources (ODBC) from elevated command window and/or "Run
>> As Administrator".
>>
>> I even logged on as "Administrator" - with the same result.
>>
>> Seems to me that something is wrong with my registry somewhere (most
>> precise diagnosis I can come up with ...).
>>
>> Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling Vista?
>>
>>
>> Jan M. Nelken
>
> Any thoughts?
> Anybody?
>
> Jan M. Nelken

Jan M. Nelken;1046045 Wrote:
> I am running Vista Business 64-bit.
>
> For some strange reasons I cannot add anything to System DSN tag in
> ODBC
> Administrator.
>
> I am getting "You are not logged on as administator" popup. Needless to
> say - I
> *am* logged on as member of Administrators group and I am running Data
> Sources
> (ODBC) from elevated command window and/or "Run As Administrator".
>
> I even logged on as "Administrator" - with the same result.
>
> Seems to me that something is wrong with my registry somewhere (most
> precise
> diagnosis I can come up with ...).
>
> Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling Vista?
>
>
> Jan M. Nelken

Have you tried to reset it with 'windows password unlocker?'
(http://www.passwordunlocker.com) which is very smart for resetting
windows admin password.


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happykaka

"Jan M. Nelken" <> wrote in message
news:O$...
> I am running Vista Business 64-bit.
>
> For some strange reasons I cannot add anything to System DSN tag in ODBC
> Administrator.
>
> I am getting "You are not logged on as administator" popup. Needless to
> say - I *am* logged on as member of Administrators group and I am running
> Data Sources (ODBC) from elevated command window and/or "Run As
> Administrator".
>
> I even logged on as "Administrator" - with the same result.
>
> Seems to me that something is wrong with my registry somewhere (most
> precise diagnosis I can come up with ...).
>
> Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling Vista?
>
>
> Jan M. Nelken

The ODBC Administrator may not be compatible with Windows Vista 64. Look
for an undated ODBC package that works with Windows Vista 64.