Computer help: I have an administrator account on my Vista machine, but it tells me I don't

[Rabrrrrrr]

That is, the account that I use when I use Vista is an administrator account.

BUT - spybot has found a couple malwares on the system. I tell it to go ahead and fix them, but then am told I need to use an administrator account to clean a few of them out. It cleaned out some, but I have three left that apparently need administrator approval to clean out.

I am using an administrator account.

I even created a new administrator account and ran the program under that one, and got the same message.

Windows admits that both accounts are administrators - why does it not communicate such info to spybot?

:argh:

[slay]

1. I think you can boot to safe mode and delete them

safe mode is administrator account i think.. not positive but shouldn't be hard to try.. i'd try that first at any rate

[hobbit709]

2. Because it's Vista

And the view you get in this Vista is a garbage heap.

[whistler162]

3. Try this go to Control Panel User Accounts

Turn User Account Control On or Off and make sure the box is unchecked and restart or enter your user name and password when it asks.

[Dogtown]

4. Get a Mac...

C'mon, it's obligatory. Some1 *had* to post it!



:patriot:

[ZombieNixon]

5. Is your computer plugged in?

You'd better unplug it so it doesn't get a "surge."

:hide:

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. LOL! I was actually just looking at my old "surge" posts a couple days ago.

:rofl:

[Lyric]

6. I think I know how to solve this.

First, make sure you have the latest edition of SpyBot.

If you do, then right-click on the program icon and choose "Run as Administrator."

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Thanks, everyone! Safe mode was the solution.

:thumbsup:

:yourock:

[pokerfan]

9. This never happens with Linux

http://www.ubuntu.com

[Deja Q]

12. Linux has no balls. Buy a Mac.

:rofl:

[pokerfan]

14. How dare you sir!

[jobycom]

13. Only because no one ever uses Linux.

I love Ubuuntu. I sign on, click on a web page, then try to find the six add-on programs that will allow me to view content on that web site. Once they are installed--if I figure it out--I click on another web page and go through several more installs. I spend all my time reading help pages. I imagine I could spend a few months and get to know the system, but it's much easier to just run Spybot on Windows every now and then, and curse Bill Gates while feeling like his john.

Ubuuntu has cool games, though. I never give it up completely because of Konquest and that Robots game.

[jobycom]

10. I've encountered malware which fucks with that.

I tried to fix a friend's computer recently, and some malware convinced the computer it wasn't in Administrator mode even though it was. The same program even set a password in BIOS Setup so I couldn't change settings, since I didn't know what the password was. Eventually the whole system refused to boot and I had to reinstall everything, although I managed to install his drive through a USB cable on another computer (when I tried to just hook it up as a slave using the ATA cable, it caused the new computer to crash even though the drive was a slave) and save his personal files first.

Don't know if that's relevant to your problem, but IIWY, I'd do a good backup just in case the whole thing spirals out of control over this.

[seemunkee]

11. Right click on Spybot and select Run As Administrator

Or start it from the command line with runas