Admin, but little permissions

[brian32]

Hi. I have a XP Pro computer at home and I'm an administrator. Some of my programs are not installing the way it should.

For example, when I try installing Yahoo Messenger 6.0, and run the setup, it tells me the "required disk space" is 0 MB, when I know it's over 11MB. I click OK, and Setup says it installed successfully.

Other programs give me access denied.

Some programs I can install, but most I can not. How do I fix this?

 

[electronicsfreak]

Sounds like they created another account gave it administrator priviledges, then took the actual administrator account and made it a power user. Check your settings and see if that is not the case.

Right click on my computer, left click on manage. Now click "local users and groups" , from there you can find this out.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[stduc]

Check to see if disk quota's have been at least partially enabled.

I assume you meant 11GB. Only 11MB free would be a problem!

 

[brian32]

There was an entry for 'Everyone' in the Power Users group. I cleared this out, logged off and back in under administrator, but same problem.

 

[Diancecht]

I guess he means 11MB is the required space for the application, not the free space.

Anyway, a scandisk could be a good try.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[linney]

Some other things for you to consider.

How To Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=313222#1

For troubleshooting, enable the MsiInstaller verbose log file using the instructions from KB article Q223300.

223300 - How to Enable Windows Installer Logging

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223300&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Reregister or Re-install MSI Installer.

324516 - "The Windows Installer service could not be accessed" error message when you try to install Office

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324516&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Problem with Automatic Updates
thread779-1166662

Windows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Are there any clues in your Event Viewer?

Is your user profile corrupt?

811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Some general things to try.

See if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with Windows.

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

If they don't work you could try repairing windows by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp