"Mark" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thank you for the interesting link.
> I do not think it applies to my situation, because my computer does have
> an administrator account. I am the administrator on my computer and I did
> try to install that file as administrator.
> Mark
An user Admin account is locked down to standard user rights in some
situations with UAC enabled. Your admin account has two security tokens. One
is an Admin user token and the other one is a Standard user token. By
default, any user that logs into a Vista machine is assigned the Standard
user token. That's why you must Run as Administrator, even if you are logged
in as a non Super Admin to escalate privileges, with UAC enabled.
So, you can turn UAC off or use the Super Admin account, if you have read
the article and understood it, to see what happens with your problem of the
install not completing.
>
>
> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. > wrote in message
> news:...
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> <http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Summary_of_Vista_ Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account)>>