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| 22 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 27 posts Surrey England | Administrator status I am using, amongst other software, Spybot S&D When updating and immunising it comes up with a window saying that it can't immunise a few areas as I don't have Administraor status .... But I do!! I went in under my name and checked and I AM the administrator!  Any ideas>? |
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| 22 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Service Pack 1 2,175 posts | Hey Geof777, Yes, YOU ARE the administrator but you're not running the program AS AN ADMINISTRATOR. Thus, you must elevate Spybot S&D in order to update and immuze properly. To run Spybot S&D as an administrator, on your desktop, right-click the Spybot S&D icon and then click on 'Run as Administrator'. Alternatively, click the Start Orb, then type "Spybot" without the quotation marks, and once you see the program shortcut, right-click and click 'Run as Administrator'. On the UAC prompt, click 'Yes' to continue. Now, try to update and immunize. |
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| 22 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 457 posts 4th planet from the sun | Disable UAC or enable the default admin account That's if you don't want UAC |
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| 23 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 27 posts Surrey England | 
Quote: Originally Posted by frzwin7  Hey Geof777, Yes, YOU ARE the administrator but you're not running the program AS AN ADMINISTRATOR. Thus, you must elevate Spybot S&D in order to update and immuze properly. To run Spybot S&D as an administrator, on your desktop, right-click the Spybot S&D icon and then click on 'Run as Administrator'. Alternatively, click the Start Orb, then type "Spybot" without the quotation marks, and once you see the program shortcut, right-click and click 'Run as Administrator'. On the UAC prompt, click 'Yes' to continue. Now, try to update and immunize.  Prof Kerfuffle, sorry I have no idea what that means - what is a UAC?? |
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| 23 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 1,577 posts | Hi, Geof777, The Professor isn't online right now so I hope it's Ok to answer for him. Please read this article by Brink: User Account Control - UAC - Change Notification Settings |
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| 23 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 457 posts 4th planet from the sun |
Quote: Originally Posted by mikedl Hi, Geof777, The Professor isn't online right now so I hope it's Ok to answer for him. Please read this article by Brink: User Account Control - UAC - Change Notification Settings  |
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| 23 Sep 2010 | |
| Windows 7 27 posts Surrey England | OK Thanks - slight case of dyslexia/language processing - I tend to be a bit blind with abbreviations. All makes perfect sense thanks |
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