Purely by chance I have stumbled across my answer to some programs installations giving permissions errors.
Prompted by a nag I attempted to upgrade my Firefox plug-in Macromedia Flash to version 10.
Every install attempt failed with a permissions error on the NPSWF32.DLL file.
Trying to manually remove or rename the file gave me the usual ' you do not have the permission to view or change this files properties' within the security tab. (Been here before with Google Earth)
The reason was that I had UAC turned off completely. Turning on UAC now gave me the question, do I want to allow this program permission. Answering Yes allowed Flash to proceed unhindered with its installation.
Prompted by a nag I attempted to upgrade my Firefox plug-in Macromedia Flash to version 10.
Every install attempt failed with a permissions error on the NPSWF32.DLL file.
Trying to manually remove or rename the file gave me the usual ' you do not have the permission to view or change this files properties' within the security tab. (Been here before with Google Earth)
The reason was that I had UAC turned off completely. Turning on UAC now gave me the question, do I want to allow this program permission. Answering Yes allowed Flash to proceed unhindered with its installation.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Novatech (UK) iRush Pro
- OS
- MSDN Home Premium
- CPU
- Intel i5
- Motherboard
- Intel DP55WB
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770
- Sound Card
- On Board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Philips 170B
- Hard Drives
- 1 x 1Tb
(7 Partitions)
- PSU
- 750W
- Case
- Antec 300
- Cooling
- Tricool Fans
- Keyboard
- Microsoft 3000 Wireless
- Mouse
- Microsoft 5000 Wireless BlueTrack
- Internet Speed
- 6.1 Mbps
