Won't Allow Administrative Privileges Vista

[jwilts]

I read about administrator problems, so I became an administrator. I have 3 user id's

myself as administrator

myself with standard

and guest

 

No matter how I sign on I am not able to upgrade windows vista, it says I have no administrative authority....

 

I can install other things and when it asks if I want to continue installing, I say yes and it installs other software just fine. So I do have administrative privileges for some things....(I think)

 

Any ideas??

 

Jan

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hi Jan

 

Welcome to FPCH

 

Are you trying to upgrade from XP or something or get windows updates?

[jwilts]

won't allow administrative privilages in Vista

 

No, It's on my new computer that has Vista....

 

Jan

[Seth]

So when exactly does the admin message come up? When you are trying to get updates for Vista?

[jwilts]

Yes, I may not need to update, but it won't even let me.....I may have done something to administrator rights when I used the transfer cord from my XP computer to this one....

 

Jan

[Goku]

Hello and Welcome to FPCH Jan. :)

 

Have you tried the Run as Administrator option?

 

-- Goku

[jwilts]

I just tried it and it did the same thing.....never knew about that run as administrator...so at least I know that now...

 

Jan

[Goku]

Hello Jan. I repeat Wolfey's question:

 

"Are you trying to install updates on Vista?"

 

-- Goku

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Yes, I may not need to update, but it won't even let me.....I may have done something to administrator rights when I used the transfer cord from my XP computer to this one....

 

Jan

 

Can you explain just what you mean by this Jan please?

 

Are you saying you ran a Files and Settings transfer wizard?

 

If so then read this article from Microsoft.

 

Windows Vista Migration Step-by-Step Guide

[jwilts]

I'll check out the link.....

My new computer came with windows vista, my old one had xp.....when I tried to use the easy transfer, it kept giving me the blue screen of death on my new computer and shut down.....I tried it several times, and was able to get about 3/4 of the stuff transfered.....I finally gave up and did the rest with an external hard drive....

 

now my new computer won't let me change the setting to update windows automatically. So if I try either manually or (changing to automatic updates) I can't do it.....no administrative privileges....

 

I have vista service pack 1...so there may not be new updates...but usually it lets you try and then tells you there are no updates......but I can't get there.....

 

hope this explains it better...

 

Jan

[Guest Wolfeymole]

You sound to have been partially successful with being able to transfer 3/4 of your files over.

 

What happened exactly to make you want to use and external HDD for the rest?

 

Did you get error messages etc?

 

Please tell us exactly and I mean exactly what you did from square one if you will please.

[jwilts]

I stopped trying because it kept crashing my new computer....I was surprised it kept the 3/4 that was moved over....It would not complete the process using the easy transfer, so I gave up,,,,,(plus I don't like seeing the blue screen) I probably tried more like 5 times....I thought that was enough times crashing the computer...so I switched and grabbed the other files with the hard drive....

 

I'm gone till tomorrow afternoon, if you need more explanation, I'll look tomorrow night and finish..

 

but I've pretty much told everything....except I also tried using a networking device here....and that never worked....so I switched to easy transfer cable....maybe it was the networking thing that did it....

 

thanks for all your help so far,

 

Jan