| What can you do when you see "the System | | | | deactivate the User Account Control then this should |
| Administrator has set policies to prevent this | | | | no longer be an issue. |
| installation" error? | | | | C) Another simple solution to this predicament is as |
| You’re happily sitting in front of your monitor and | | | | follows -: |
| you have just placed your new CD into your drive in | | | | 1. Enter the control panel once again and open |
| the hopes of shortly using your newly-purchased utility | | | | Administrative Tools. |
| program. You wait for a few moments for the | | | | 2. Go to the Local Security Settings. |
| computer to recognize the CD and then all of a | | | | 3. Click on Software Restriction Policies. |
| sudden you notice an error message popping up on | | | | 4. In the event that there are no software restrictions |
| the screen. | | | | defined, you can right click on Restriction Policies and |
| “The System Administrator has set policies to | | | | 5. Select New Software Restriction Policy. |
| prevent this installation.” | | | | 6. Next, double click on the enforcement and |
| “What?” you shout aloud. “I am the | | | | 7. Select All users except local administrators. |
| administrator!” | | | | 8. Finally, click OK. Lastly, reboot your computer and |
| Has this ever happened to you? If so, perhaps the | | | | the problem should be resolved. |
| following suggestion may be of help to you in resolving | | | | There are several different solutions at your fingertips |
| this problem. This computer behavior may actually | | | | that you could research and utilize in your efforts |
| occur as a result of the user settings. The first and | | | | towards resolving this Microsoft-generated difficulty. |
| foremost reason is that the user settings have been | | | | However, some of these solutions involve modifying |
| modified to prevent you from installing any sort of | | | | your system registry and when doing so, you must |
| program on your computer. | | | | approach this solution very carefully. In general, |
| A) The quickest solution to this would be to log out and | | | | correcting errors of this nature can perhaps create |
| log in as the administratorand simply change the user | | | | even greater problems for you. The key here is being |
| setting appropriately. | | | | very careful what you change. |
| B) Also, if you go to users in your control panel and | | | | Hope this helps. |