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alwaysacowboyfan - 29 May 2008 02:02 GMT

I am the administrator for my computer, I sign in and go to my control panel
and when I select a program I want to unistall it says "the system
administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" for one I am
the system administrator and I am trying to uninstall, not to install, this
is really starting to tick me off and I need some help LOL. I have went to
the trouble section on windows and there is no help there, I have done what
it suggest and it has not helped, I have right clicked on it and tried to
even check in as administrator and that option is not available in control
panel, it is in menu options, but it does not let me uninstall in menu
opitions, someone please help me fix this

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Mark L. Ferguson - 29 May 2008 02:54 GMT

Start, type: gpedit.msc and hit enter.
Look at the settings in :
Computer Config/Admin Templ/Windows Components/Windows Installer/"Disable
Windows Installer"

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> I am the administrator for my computer, I sign in and go to my control
> panel
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> panel, it is in menu options, but it does not let me uninstall in menu
> opitions, someone please help me fix this

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Nonny - 29 May 2008 03:30 GMT

>Start, type: gpedit.msc and hit enter.

What if the OP is running Vista Home Basic or Premium?

>Look at the settings in :
>Computer Config/Admin Templ/Windows Components/Windows Installer/"Disable
>Windows Installer"

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Brink - 29 May 2008 04:23 GMT

Nonny;729452 Wrote:

> > >Start, type: gpedit.msc and hit enter. > >
>
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> > Installer/"Disable
> > >Windows Installer" > >

Hi Nonny,

In the registry, it will be at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer

In the right pane of Installer, right click on "DisableMSI" and click
Delete. Answer Yes and restart the computer to apply the changes.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

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Nonny - 29 May 2008 05:36 GMT

>Nonny;729452 Wrote:
>> > > >
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>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer

Not here: Vista Home Basic.

I am given to undertand that neither Basic nor Premium incude
gpedit.msc

>In the right pane of Installer, right click on "DisableMSI" and click
>Delete. Answer Yes and restart the computer to apply the changes.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Shawn

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SG - 29 May 2008 07:13 GMT

They don't, however here is a spreadsheet with all the settings you will
ever need to know from MS.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=41dc179b-3328-4350-ade1
-c0d9289f09ef&DisplayLang=en

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>>Nonny;729452 Wrote:
>>> > > >
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>>Hope this helps,
>>Shawn

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Brink - 29 May 2008 07:52 GMT

Nonny;729540 Wrote:

> > >Nonny;729452 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> On Wed, 28 May 2008 20:54:25 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
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> > >Hope this helps,
> > >Shawn > >

Hi Nonny,

Yes, Vista Basic and Premium do not have gpedit.msc included.
Everything has to be done through the registry instead for those
editions.

If you do not have the "DisableMSI" value there, then this is not the
setting that is disabled.

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Mark L. Ferguson - 29 May 2008 11:29 GMT

Right, and what if they don't know the Edition. The reg entry is still
there, but the reg hack fails on Pros. Since they don't say, I wait for
follow-up.

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>>Start, type: gpedit.msc and hit enter.
>
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>>Computer Config/Admin Templ/Windows Components/Windows Installer/"Disable
>>Windows Installer"

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Dave - 29 May 2008 09:10 GMT

> I am the administrator for my computer, I sign in and go to my
> control panel and when I select a program I want to unistall it says
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> panel, it is in menu options, but it does not let me uninstall in
> menu opitions, someone please help me fix this

Well if you managed to install it you must have changed policies afterwards.
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