"Do not have the appropriate permissions" error

The issue started about a week and a half.

I tried the trouble shooting means administrator delivers online and errors of permissions and found a lot to suggest you to use the button "Run as Administrator" or take possession of the utility - I've tried both, and given my total control of the main account all executable applications.

The error message reads "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You can not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

I'm 99% sure that it is not a problem with the access to the track, because I unblocked the account administrator on this computer and can access all good from there.

I feel like the last thing I before the problem started to install Yahoo! Widgets, but I installed several programs in the last two weeks to update my laptop and it to mold to my needs and wants.

Here's what I'm running on:
Dell Inspiron 1520, bought in 2007
Windows Vista Home Edition SP 2
32-bit operating system

Any help would be greatly appreciated! The error occurs on a variety of applications ranging from MS Word, iTunes, Firefox, and IE for small user-downloaded applications such as GridVista and Skype.

Hi cmb9644,

It seems that the user account is corrupted, everything works fine with the default Administrator account.

I suggest you to create another account administrator and test.

Step 1: Check with a different user profile

If you do not have a different user account, you will need to create a (see link below).  If everything works correctly with the other user profile, you can infer that the user profile is damaged, click on the link to find out how to solve this problem.

Create-a-user account

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/create-a-user-account

Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

 

Step 2: Run a scan online for any threat and try to correct
http://OneCare.live.com/site/en-us/Center/cleanup.htm

Hope this information is helpful

Thank you, and in what concerns:

Ajay K

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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