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2/22/2016

How to Resolve - Insufficient privileges while downloading on the hidden administrators account?

Insufficient privileges while downloading on the hidden administrators account

We just got a new PC with Windows 7 Premium.
We tried installing a game on the main (and only) account.
It downloaded fine, but when we tried playing it we were told that we had insufficient privileges and that it must be opened for the first time by an
administrator.
We were using the administrator account so that was frustrating.
We right-clicked to run as administrator and that didn't work.
After some research online, we gave the hidden admin (net user administrator through command prompt) a shot.
We uninstalled
the game, logged in to the hidden admin account and reinstalled it.
When we try to run the game it still tells us we have insufficient privileges -- even on the hidden administrators account! We tried running as administrator on the hidden admin account and
still no luck.
How do we get this to work? I'm not a fan of dropping a grand on a computer only to have it tell me that I'm not allowed to use it.

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Hi Jesika90-09,

1.
Which game are you trying to install?
Method 1:
I suggest you to take ownership of the file or folder of the game and check if the issue gets fixed.
To take ownership of a file or a folder, you must have ownership of a protected folder in order to access it.
If another user has restricted access and you are the computer administrator, you can access the folder by taking ownership.
To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
a.     Right click the folder and click Properties.
b.     Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
c.     Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.

d.     In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group.
If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects
check box.

e.     Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name.
Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.
Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
f.     Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.
Refer:
What are permissions?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/What-are-permissions
Method 2:

If that does not work, create a new user account (admin) and check.
If it works in a new user account, then probably your user account may have been corrupted and would need a fix.
Create a user profile.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Create-a-user-account
Now check for the issue.
Follow the below provided link to fix the corrupted user profile.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/Fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

Thanks and Regards:
I.
Suuresh Kumar - Microsoft Support.

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Click the Start button.
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While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
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A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
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In the Registry Editor, select the Error 0x9C-related key (eg. Windows Operating System) you want to back up.
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