Cannot change UAC settings, cannot have admin rights, cannot open pdfs


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 bit
       #1

    Cannot change UAC settings, cannot have admin rights, cannot open pdfs


    Hi everyone
    This is my first post so I hope I have the conventions and lingo right. A few weeks ago I was trying to install the software for my printer. I got the msg that I needed admin rights. I thought I was already 'admin' since I was on my personal laptop. After some googling, I found out that being an administrator doesn't give you universal admin rights in Windows 7. So with more googling I found some suggestions on how to do get full admin rights. I changed UAC, and I did something in the cmd? Anyway it didn't work - now I can't open PDFs, Microsoft programs do this weird reinstall step every time I open a program, I can't access my C Drive or My Documents, and when I go into the control panel to change the UAC, I can't click on this option. Oh and after all the drama, I still couldn't install the printer software. So I engaged the services of a professional computer fix-it guy who fiddled around for an hour, couldn't fix the problem, and didn't charge for me for his time. I am not really too computer savvy so any help would be appreciated. I don't know what to do next!
    Thanks heaps
    Ollie
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  2. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #2

    Please revert the changes you did, so go back in time. Do it using System Restore option one. If imposiible do option two.

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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you so much for the suggestions, Kaktussoft. I tried each of the 5 alternatives in Option 1, but each time got a message that the file could not be accessed etc etc and there might be a problem with my directory.

    Then I tried my installation disk and got a message that I could not access the drive it was in.

    I have seriously screwed up my permissions somehow!

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks heaps
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #4

    Sounds like a mess, get your files off that pc and re install windows, we can help you all the way.

    Clean Install Windows 7

    Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

    or

    Does it have a Factory Recovery partition ?

    Please post us a shot of disk management.

    Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image
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