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Windows Vista Home Premium - Administrator problem.

Mar 19, 2007 6:20PM PDT

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium OS on my computer. I am the Administrator. That's the only USER ACCOUNT that is set up on my computer. As I know, the ADMINISTRATOR is not suposed to have ANY restrictions of ANY kind... Right? That dosen't seem to apply to me. Here are the following problems I am having......

1. All the FOLDERS on my 250 GB & 30 GB hard drives are marked "Read-only".
- As Administrator, I don't think that that is right. I don't think that the directories should marked be "Read-only", when I'm practically the ony one using my computer.

2. I use "IncrediMail" as my E-Mail program. (it works in Windows Vista.)
-Even though I'm the Administrator, it says....
You need to have Administrator or Power User privileges in order to set IncrediMail as your default e-mail client. For assistance, contact your system Administrator.

3. I use "Easy Media Creator 8" for writing... CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R & DVD-RW disks.
- It said that there was an update for it. So I created a directory to save it in. Then when I went to downlaod the file into the directory that I created for it... I told me that I didn't have the permission to save the file in that directory. I wasn't allowed to save the file in any other directory, other then the one that Windows Vista wanted to save it in. Here's the strange part, SEARCH didn't find the file (update file) on the hard drive, even though I searched for the FULL file name. I had to install an 'Active X' to download the file fron the Roxio site.

4. I have a WinFast TV2000 XP (TV-Capture card) in my computer.
- It uses the "WinFast PVR" (love it!), Except for this... The "WinFast Wizard" (which allows the remote to work.) doesn't load when Windows Vista starts (desktop). So I thought that I'd put it on the desktop and load it manually. EVERY time I load it, it still asks if I trust the program. I bought the TV-Capture card on Dec 22, 2004,
and I've been using it ever since. I clicked on the "WinFast Wizard", then on properties. Then I checked the box next to
"Run as Administrator", then clicked OK. That didn't work! I sill
get asked if I trust the program.

Is there anyone who could help me solve these problems, and get back
all the rights, privileges, and permissions that I should have as an Administrator?
This is driving me crazy.

Thank You,

Sergei RavenWolf.

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have you tried turning of UAC?
Mar 20, 2007 3:56AM PDT

It may help - but I do not know for sure. You can turn it on and off through the control panel and it is on by default. Hope this helps.

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RE: have you tried turning of UAC?
Mar 20, 2007 5:34AM PDT

BrodieB.

Thank You.

I know about that. And how to turn it on or off.
I want to leave that as a last resort.

Turning the UAC off turns off a lot of security. Some of the security will prevent software like Malware (and others) from getting installed
without ones knowledge.

I don't mind having to click 'Continue' once in a while. That doesn't
really bother me.

I will keep that in mind.
Thanks for your help.

Sergei RavenWolf.