Solved Administrator confusion

[ebrena]

Hi there, I did something today while searching for my Windows Installer. I went to go into Programs and Features and got the following message:

• System Administer has disabled Program Features.

There is no listing of any of my programs!! I don't recall disableing anything. I have a bit of a time understanding the administrative Account/User Acounts/Parent to the Administrator account/ elevated user accounts. Right now I have one account and it is my administrator account with a protected password. So far I have no other user accounts becuase I am confused. I have never got this message before today. I have been able to access all my programs with the admin account I use. I have been trying to solve Vista issues all day and now I turn it over to a higher power. Please help-thx

 

[Brink]

Hello Ebrena,

This should be able to help you enable Programs and Features again in Vista.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/181884-programs-features-disable-enable.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[ebrena]

Hi Brink, I was not having any luck in the register so I did a System Resore and it all worked out. So thanks though, maybe it wouldn't work the other way due to the Installer not working. Thansk so much.

 

[Brink]

Ebrena, I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out. Thank you for posting back with your results.