Not being recognized as the Administrator

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Not being recognized as the Administrator

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Evening -
(Win XP Pro, SR3_
Several weeks now when I go to update Adobe Air, I get error message saying I am not an Administrator I am. I have checked My Computer/Properties, and ‘Registered to’ shows Admin, Admin.
Checked User Accounts and I am the only account (default) When I login, it’s ‘default’
How to work around not being seen as the Admin.? Would a System Restore be called for?
Thank you!

(Haven't downloaded any new programs or changed anything on PC)

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Re: Not being recognized as the Administrator

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Can you use the Fix-it from Fix problems that programs cannot be installed or uninstalled to remove Adobe Air, then re-install Adobe Air?
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Re: Not being recognized as the Administrator

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Hi, Hans -

That seems to be for 64-bit systems....I'm 32-bit

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You might try Revo Uninstaller Free.
Or make sure that AIR isn't running, then delete its folder...

By the way, do you really need AIR? I have long ago removed it since I didn't find any useful purpose for it.
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Re: Not being recognized as the Administrator

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As far as I know, I dont need--don't know what Air (runtime) does.

But, I wonder if other programs don't see me as an Admin???

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Only time will tell. I'd uninstall Adobe AIR.
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Re: Not being recognized as the Administrator

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Thank you, Hans -

I have installed Voicezone Connect from Time Warner Cable (an app that displays caller ID on PC -- & Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Air are required.) I installed it Aug of '13 and, as I said, it's only recently giving me that Admin message.

A techie at Time Warner said 'don't worry that you can't update Adobe Air' Voicezone will still work. Since I find Voicezone convenient, I will live with the popup to update....

Thanks again

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That's OK. If you would like to get rid of the message after all, try completely uninstalling AIR using Revo Uninstaller Free, or by brute force (delete its folder). Then reinstall AIR.
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