An administrator without administrative rights?

[VIAN]

As far as I know, I'm admin, I can do practically everything in the computer. I built it and installed windows and made the effort to remove extra accounts. However, sometimes when I try to uninstall something from the add/remove window, it says that I don't have sufficient rights and for me to contact the administrator. Something to that effect. Yesterday, I uninstalled .NET framework 1.0 first, then 1.1. Probably the wrong order, but it told me that I don't have sufficient access to remove 1.1 and then it removed it from the add/remove menu. Am I windows retarded or is windows retarded or worse... both?

 

[spyordie007]

Is the machine a domain member? If something is configured that supersedes the local security settings (i.e. group policy) they will take precedence.

 

[theMan]

have you looked at control panel>users and passwords? are you listed as an admin?

 

[NogginBoink]

Did it say you didn't have sufficient RIGHTS, or sufficient PERMISSIONS? The two are different.

Check local machine policy for user rights assignment and compare it to a known good machine.

 

[crobusa]

Some piece of spyware I saw changed the registry, blocking permission to use either regedit or the command prompt. This was on a XP home machine, where everyone's an admin.

 

[firewall]

Take note if <Drive:>\Config.msi\ is causing the permission errors...

To resolve it, make a folder in <drive:> and name it Config.msi. Grant 'Everyone' full rights over it and uncheck the securty settings inheritance option on the security tab. You will have to temporarily disable simple file sharing, though.