Can't uninstall program from Vista

Hootie

I am having problems trying to delete a program from Vista. I have the only account on the laptop and it says its an administrator but yet when I try to uninstall the program it says I don't have permission. How can I change this as I really want to get rid of this.

Thanks

Sherifu

What are you trying to uninstall?

Hootie

Its a trojan software that I accidently installed, it went into program files directory but keeps popping up adds every couple of minutes. Any advice?

Sherifu

Take off and nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure....






or safe mode, do you know the name of the trojan?

Hootie

it just says variant of trojan win32 in office toolbar ??????? How can I change the permission thing to get rid of the software, its called file secure.

Sherifu

Removal Instructions

Hootie

Going thru the procedure but its seems to be for xp systems, also my taskmgr is not activated according to the admin, how do I activate this? Surely there must be a simpler way of getting rid of that stupid permission thing so I can just simply uninstall a program.

Sherifu

click start> type cmd> right click on command prompt > click run as admin> type taskmgr into command prompt and hit enter to start your admin task manager

Hootie

Don't know what I just did but I got it deleted, thanks for your help

Sherifu

No Probs

Hootie

Just ran the cmd and typed taskmgr but it is still telling me its disabled by admin, what am i doing wrong, I'm so use to xp and this laptop is only new I am still getting used to vista and its not easy.

c:\windows\system32\taskmgr

Soundman

Try pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and see if Task Manager comes up.

Hootie

Tried but doesn't appear to do anything