"Watson349" wrote[color=blue]
>I am running Windows Home Basic. It is no longer allowing me to perform
> administrator tasks like installing and uninstalling programs. This is a
> new
> problem as of a couple of weeks ago.
>
> When I try to uninstall a program I get the following message: "Error
> 1730.
> You must be an Administrator to remove this application. To remove this
> application, you can log on as an administrator, or contact your technical
> support group for assistance."
>
> When I try to install a program I get this message: "The system
> administrator has set policies to prevent this installation."
>
> I'm confused because when I go to my user accounts panel it rightly shows
> that I am an administrator. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.[/color]

It's best to tackle these problems right when they occur. Have you tried a
system restore to before the problem occurred? Have you created a new
account with admin privileges and tried it from that account?

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]