To me a h*ll of a lot of things in Vista seem "funny" [as in odd,
counter intuitive]. How/when/why "administrator" needs to be called on
my pc where no one except me has access is still a puzzle. But then I'm
NOT a geek...
James
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:13:55 -0500 From: Steven Hilgendorf
<[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject:
Re: Cannot Install Seamonkey 2.0? Message-ID:
<[email protected]> Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Marcelo wrote:
> Interviewed by CNN on 30/10/2009 21:42, Steven Hilgendorf told the world:
>
>> Trying to install Seamonkey 2.0 on Windows Visa Premium. When I
>> double-click on the install file it unpacks and throws up a Run As
>> dialog indicating "You my not have the necessary permissions to use all
>> the features of the program you are about to run. You may run this
>> program as a different user or continue to run the program as the
>> current user."
>>
>> If I check the "Current user" box and click OK nothing happens,
>> installation stops/ends. If I check the "Run the program as the
>> following user: [Administrator logon]" box and click OK I get logon failure.
>>
>> The only account set up on this system is the one I'm using, which has
>> full administrator rights, and I don't have any trouble installing other
>> software, including earlier Seamonkey iterations.
>>
>
> Try cancelling, right-clicking on the installer package and choosing
> "run as administrator" THERE. That is, right from the start.
>
> Vista admin rights are kinda funny. Even in a so-called
> "administrator-level" account there is stuff that only the "real
> administrator" can do.
>
>
Unbelievable... I cannot believe it's that simple, right-click the
install package and choose "Run as Administrator."
Thank you,
Steven
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