Help with Admin Flip/Flop on Single Home System

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After the Auto WindowsUpdate of 8/15/07, I have had the problem of inconsistant activity on two of my admin accounts. User-A and User-B on my machine are both Admin authorized.

Before 08/15/07 I could depend on either User-A or User-B to allow me access to the Add/Remove Program feature while either one was logged on giving me the capability to maintain my system.

After 08/15/07 I can only depend on one of these accounts of having full system access. If I log onto User-A, I have full access and all of my background programs including Norton AV and ZoneAlarm are accessible to me for use, but switching to User-B, I lose this functionality in these apps. For example, if I am using User-B and try to open the Add/Remove application I rcv the following message: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access this item"

It usually doesn't matter whether I restart/reboot or shut the machine down and back on again, I get the same result? Just reviewing the Add/Remove screens, it appears that IE7 as well as XP Pro SP2 were updated with security fixes. If someone has a clue as to what's going on or how to correct this problem please let me know.

Thanks in advance . . .
Tom J
 
My daughter had a similar problem but because she only had the one Admin
account it gave a result that she had to get very inventive to access
anything!
We have today fixed it by returning the machine to the configuration before
that update - see the posting "How can I log on as Administrator ....!
Hope this helps
 
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