On 09/25/2013 01:45 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: > leah wrote: >> I'm trying to uninstall 4.1 from a Windows Vista OS using the Windows >> uninstaller. >> >> It works for a while, then gives an error message saying I am not >> logged in >> as an administrator. >> >> I am logged in as an administrator of my computer. I don't remember >> LibreOffice asking me to become an admin of it. What the heck is it >> talking >> about? > > Did you get a UAC (User Account Control) prompt asking to use elevated > privileges? If not, try right-clicking the uninstaller and selecting > "Run as Administrator", and confirm the resulting UAC prompt. > > On Vista onwards, even when you're "logged in as an administrator" > most programs still run with restricted privileges; you have to > explicitly allow them to "elevate" to use administrative privileges. > The difference between restricted user and administrator accounts is > that restricted users have to enter an administrator's password, while > administrators can just click "yes" to allow elevation. Most recent > software will make this request when it needs to, so you don't need to > right-click and tell it to run as administrator, but worth a try if > for some reason it's not asking. > > I hope that helps. > > Mark. >
I have had the same issues with Vista myself. That is one reason I upgraded it to Win7. [not Win8]. I was the admin and that was the only account on the laptop and the account that was created when I set up the laptop for the first time. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
