I know there are Local Security policies, but have not figured out which ones, that prevents a logged on administrator from Installing or removing software. IE;;;; Runas administrator (which when you look at it is criptik at best, trying to figure out how to turn this stuff off for developers. thealy@us.ibm.com

Hi Calidude59, In order to narrow down the issue, please answer the questions below. 1. What’s the error you got when you installed the software? Please post the exact error message here. 2. Do you have User Account Control turned on? Please try to turn off the User Account Control in Windows Server 2008 R2 following the steps below. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel, click User Accounts. In the User Accounts window, click Change User Account Control settings. In the User Account Control Settings window, move the slidebar to the bottom and click OK. Regards, Karen JiPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.