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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