I would actually recommend installing it as an Administrator. By default I'm actually installing all my applications with administrator rights, which accomplishes a couple of things:

1) It avoids any "do you want to allow this program to change your system" DURING installtion (and if you've ever installed some Adobe stuff...intstallations can be long and painful).

2) I don't have the UAC problem when starting programs once installed.

So maybe uninstall and reinstall as an administrator and see if that helps (because deep down, UAC is actually very helpful).

How do I tell Windows to install a program as an administrator?

Sorry if this is a dumb question...

Danny Fye
www.vidmus.com

My user account says I am the administrator. Is there more to this than that?

Even after I turn off user account control and restart the computer, I still get the local administrator privileges message.

Here's something the might help.

1) Download the executable and save it (i.e. don't "run" it).
2) Right click on the file you downloaded, and select "Run as Administrator"

Good Luck!
...Jerry

Thanks; I tried that; same popup message.

Okay, here's another thing to check. I'm on Windows XP right now, but I'm pretty sure this works the same way on Windows 7.

Right Click on "Computer", select "Manage", expand "Local Users & Groups", select "Groups", finally select "Administrators" and make sure your user id is in the Administrators group.



This could be a "Catch 22" because, if you're not in the Administrators group, you will not be able to add yourself. You'll need to log in as one of the users in the group and then add your user id.

Good Luck,
...Jerry