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I have tried everything you and others have suggested and I still cannot
install either program. The one program is MS Securtiy Essentials which
I have had no trouble installing before.
On 14/11/2011 3:22 PM, Mark Rode wrote:
> In Windows 7 there is a slight difference between a user with
> administrative privileges and THE Administrator. In Home Premium you
> will have to enable the Administrator account in order to access it.
> Either bring up a command window, START>>>Accessories or use the RUN
> command under the START button and put in this command
>
> net user administrator /active:yes
>
> and then press Enter.
>
> Now the Administrator account is enabled. Go to Control panel >>> User
> Accounts and give the Administrator a password. Try to install again
> and you may be asked if you wish to install as THE Administrator, or
> you may be asked for your Administrator password. If that doesn't work
> log in as THE Administrator and you should be able to install your
> program... just make sure you install for Everybody and not just the
> administrator... you will usually be asked who you want to install for
> during setup. Once the program is installed, log back in with your
> normal user name.
>
> The purpose of all this hassle is to make it difficult for nasty
> programs to self install.
>
> Mark Rode
>
> At 08:01 AM 11/14/2011, you wrote:
>> Twice in the last two days I have tried to install a program and got
>> the following message.
>>
>> "The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory
>> (directory named). The installation cannot continue. Logon as
>> administrator or contact your system administrator."
>>
>> However, this is my personal desktop computer at home that I bought.
>> It has Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with 4 GB of RAM. When I click
>> on User accounts in the Control Panel, it shows my name and
>> Administrator below it. What do I have to do to be able to install
>> these programs?
>> Marilyn Wilson
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