administration problem

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I recently bought a computer with windows vista home premium. I am the only
administrator on the computer and the guest account is on. I have a problem
because i can't access the control panel, the problem and solutions page and
other folders that only the administrator can access. Can someone help me?
 
jpaquette said:
I recently bought a computer with windows vista home premium. I am the only
administrator on the computer and the guest account is on. I have a problem
because i can't access the control panel, the problem and solutions page and
other folders that only the administrator can access. Can someone help me?
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I have the same problem. I just bought a computer with Vista installed. I am
the only user and I am said to be administrator on my computer, but i can't
open folders such "my documents" or "my pictures" or "cookies" or I can't
open folders for "all users" and "dafult user", or "documents and settings"
and I'm not even being asked about administrator's password. Just no. What
is it and how I can change that?
 
letgohey said:
I have the same problem. I just bought a computer with Vista installed. I
am
the only user and I am said to be administrator on my computer, but i
can't
open folders such "my documents" or "my pictures" or "cookies" or I can't
open folders for "all users" and "dafult user", or "documents and
settings"
and I'm not even being asked about administrator's password. Just no.
What
is it and how I can change that?
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Those are not 'real' folders, they are called 'Junctions' and are only there
for backward compatibility with programs that are not aware of the changes
in Vista. You cannot make changes to these folders.

See the following websites for a description of these junctions and why they
are there.

Why do I get an Access Denied error when trying to open a folder?:
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Security/junctions.aspx

Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points:
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm
 
Ok, now I see... thank you.

Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Those are not 'real' folders, they are called 'Junctions' and are only there
for backward compatibility with programs that are not aware of the changes
in Vista. You cannot make changes to these folders.

See the following websites for a description of these junctions and why they
are there.

Why do I get an Access Denied error when trying to open a folder?:
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Security/junctions.aspx

Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points:
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
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Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Letgohey

Your welcome, glad this helped.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
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I have a problem with it though, but I'm not attempting to open the folders.
I am the only administrator with no additional accounts. But each time I try
installing an add-on in fire fox or try to install another installation. A
message comes up and tells me "installation failed because I am not an
administrator" which I am, in fact the only one. Why? Help
 
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