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my admin account auto-degrades...
Hi,
Since a few weeks I am having a strange problem. I run my Win 7 RC off the standard admin account but now since a few weeks this account seems degraded about 75% of the time when I boot. In 3 out of 4 times when I boot I cannot install or uninstall programs or updates, visualize all processes in the taskmanager and such things. When trying to install a program, the typical error message is "The endpoint mapper database entry could not be created". If I try to uninstall a program I get the error "An error occurred trying to uninstall program... It may already have been uninstalled. Do you want to remove it from the list of installed programs?".
My account is still listed as admin but behaves as standard. Sometimes a reboot fixes the problem but most often it does not.
The only program I have installed that could be thought of as a catalysator to these problems (if I look at when they started occurring) is the Voddler service (video on-demand).
I have checked for virus and spyware with Norton, Kaspersky and AdAware. Nothing found.
How can I trouble-shoot this issue?
Thanks for all ideas!