how to become member of Administrators group on windows vista

Hi,

I am trying to install visual studio 2005 on windows vista but it gives me an error and then i had to download service pack 1 but while i was downloading it i get another error which speaks about patch but doesnt tell you how to proceed.

here is what i found out on the web

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/aa964140.aspx

* Run Visual Studio with elevated administrator permissions
* Be a member of the "Administrators" group on the local machine
* Right-click the Visual Studio icon and select the "Run as administrator" option from the context menu


i am stuck on the second point because i have never used windows vista earlier it says be a member of the administrators group on the local machine.

Can someone tell me how to do it

Thank you,

Todd

--thread moved to Windows OS forum and subject changed to reflect real question.

Hi,

I used this link

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa906022.aspx

but when i right click on the computer icon and select manage i get the dialog box for USer Account Control but when i click Continue i get the below screen which i am attaching as an image.

thank you,

todd

oh i am sorry i have windows vista home premium and i think thats the problem

is there any way i can install visual studio 2005 on windows vista home premium

Yes you can.
What you can't do is install IIS on this version.
Before you install it, make sure you have the latest windows updates.

lewy,

what are the updates that i need.

I saw a post on google which says open the cd and then right click on set up and select the option run as administrator

i am trying that option right now will post how it went

thank you,

Todd

hi,

just wanted to know someones experience in it i also read if i download the dvd to my desktop and then run it doesnt cause any problems

seems like there are lot of problems with vista

i would appreciate anyones help in this case

thank you,

Todd

hi,

I had visual web developer loaded on this comp and now when i see control panel i see .net framework installed on it is that the reason why its not loading properly

todd

I have Visual Studio installed on Vista and don't have any problems.

What updates do you need?
Just do your windows updates, that's all.

If you already have Visual Web developer installed, you can easily install VS

So you don't have an actual installation dvd?
Have you tried to download the demo from microsoft website and try and install that?

lewy,

I have the actual dvd. So can you tell me how do i do the windows updates on vista i am new to this system

todd

Start -> All Programs -> Windows Update, then follow the instructions at that website

ok i found it thanks i am running the windows update as i am typing

tell me one thing last nite i stopped the set up for visual studio 2005
do you want me to repair it or just uninstall and then start again

todd

I would just unistall it all together.
Sometimes half way installations may leave unwanted stuff,
so avoid this and uninstall and try the installation over again

thank you so much for your guidance. The windows update is going on its creating a restore point. After that i will just reboot the laptop and then uninstall the whole thing and start once over.

Its going to take some time to uninstall so lets see if things go smooth for me i will keep you posted once i uninstall and start installing again

todd