Why my administrator password does not work?

Whenever I try to remove or install a program, I received the message that I don't have administrator rights, then I have the password and then get an "access denied" message on my C: drive? What is going on? I am the administrator, too!

Hello

  1. Have you logged as administrator?
  2. You did any recent changes?
  3. What is the exact error message you get?

I suggest to start the computer in safe mode and check if the same question:
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

It will be useful.

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