No Permission: I Am Only Admin

hi i am having this error myself, but i cant figure out what went wrong in the past few hours.
i did the suggestions people wrote, but it just seemed to make it worse.
i cant even open to view the text in the file anymore.
i changed the entire c drives security on all users to full access. no luck, can someone throw me a bone?
here is a screen grab, and i am running under global admin.

quick specs: amd quad core, 8gig ram, 12gig pagefile, 1gig video ram, 1T(2x 500g) HD's, win7x64(7600build)

You should try to "take ownership" of the drive.
Download this registry file and follow the other instructions on this page
Add take ownership to context menu in windows 7
(download on the page as well)

Quite an old thread, but did you try Davehc's suggestion . Open a command prompt (run as Administartor) and type net user administrator /active You can then, on a reboot, log in as the Administrator. It might still be necessary to take ownership of the individual file. Quite an old thread, but did you try Davehc's suggestion . Open a command prompt (run as Admin) and type net user administrator /active You can then, on a reboot, log in as the Administrator. It might still be necessary to take ownership of the individual file.
The linked file is available in many threads on this site. here is one:

Ownewrship of folders



If you find you cannot use the command prompt method, try these:

Shut down the computer for a cold boot. Tap the "F8" key as you are booting.
Select "Safe Mode with networking" from the boot menu.
Log into windows 7 with your personal account that holds the administrator access.
Open a command window (START--->RUN--->CMD.exe). At the command prompt type the following net user administrator /active
Log out and log back in as administrator.

Another way
Go to Start
Type Control UserPasswords2.
Click Advanced.
Click Advanced again.
Select Users.
Select Administrator and untick the the box “Administrator is disabled”
Now log out and login as Administrator.
The action leaves you a little more vulnerable to outside attack. Not a big issue if you are confident with your anti virus control etc.

Originally Posted by RAK

Quite an old thread, but did you try Davehc's suggestion . Open a command prompt (run as Administartor) and type net user administrator /active You can then, on a reboot, log in as the Administrator. It might still be necessary to take ownership of the individual file. Quite an old thread, but did you try Davehc's suggestion . Open a command prompt (run as Admin) and type net user administrator /active You can then, on a reboot, log in as the Administrator. It might still be necessary to take ownership of the individual file.
The linked file is available in many threads on this site. here is one:

Ownewrship of folders



If you find you cannot use the command prompt method, try these:

Shut down the computer for a cold boot. Tap the \\\"F8\\\" key as you are booting.
Select \\\"Safe Mode with networking\\\" from the boot menu.
Log into windows 7 with your personal account that holds the administrator access.
Open a command window (START--->RUN--->CMD.exe). At the command prompt type the following net user administrator /active
Log out and log back in as administrator.

Another way
Go to Start
Type Control UserPasswords2.
Click Advanced.
Click Advanced again.
Select Users.
Select Administrator and untick the the box “Administrator is disabled”
Now log out and login as Administrator.
The action leaves you a little more vulnerable to outside attack. Not a big issue if you are confident with your anti virus control etc.

i want to uninstall Norton 360 but window advises another installer is currently running that i cant do uninstall. when i open task manager planning to end any running program, it shows blank meaning there is no program running. so, i go to c:/program file/Norton 360 wanting to delete the program files after using administrator login per earier instruction. but i still get "need permission from administrator" to delete. questions:
1) how to uninstall this program?
2) how to really get administrator authority to delete program files?
pls help.

I have searched the forum, and have not (yet) found my issue discussed. My challenge is...

When I view the user account icons, they display the three "standard user" accounts as well as the three "Administrator" accounts, one of which is the Global Administrator.

When logged in as an administrator (whether my "personal" account or as the Global, and elect to manage the user accounts in control panel, I find that EVERY account has the "standard User" radio button checked. For example...

When logged into an Admin account, and I go to Control Panel to change the account type of my own account, it tells me that this si a Standard User account. If I Select the Administrator radio button, the "Change Account Type" button grays itself out.

Further, I have created yet another account, giving it Administrator priveledges as I set it up. If I then go look at the (new account's) type, ithe Standard User radio button is selected, and I cannot change it to Administrator.

This problem was first noticed when I tried to install iTunes. (I kept getting and Error: 5).

Thanks for any help...


Windows 7 on HP desktopPC

So, even though I AM the administrator, I cannot perform anything requiring administrator priveledged (deleting a file, installing an application, etc.)

Recently my music files won't let me edit them. I can move them, but I can't edit the artist/song info, and I can't upload them to iTunes. If I activate the default administrator account, do I have to move all of my files to that account in order to not have this problem anymore? Sorry if this doesn't make sense..