The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation
If you are here, this means that you have been a victim to this problem. In this article, I will guide you through the proper steps, by which you can overcome this issue. First of all, you should understand what this error is and then choose the possible measures.
The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation error message
The basic root cause for this error message is due to insufficient administrator privileges associated with the working account. There are some restrictions provided to non-admin users and this can usually be seen when you are trying to access or carry out tasks which has been unapproved in the group policy of the Operating System. If this is the default case, one can overcome this error by simply logging into the machine with the administrator account and carry out the task again which is causing this error. One can also upgrade the current user account to the administrator privileges.
If the above method fails, follow the Operating System specific troubleshooting steps defined below:
Windows XP Professional & Home
1. Login as Administrator
2. To be in the safe side you need to create a System Restore point
3. Go to Run and open registry by typing “regedit.exe”
4. Now delete these keys from the Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
5. Restart your system
6. Now carry out the installation.
Windows VISTA
For all lower versions (the versions without the secpol.msc) turn the UAC off and this will help you out. Just follow these simple steps -
Goto “start” –> Control Panel –> User Accounts –> Turn UAC Off
For versions with secpol.msc (professional, enterprise and Ultimate)
1. Go to “Start”, click on “Run”, type the following in the run panel “control admintools”, and then press “Enter”
2. Find Local Security Policy. Double click to open it.
3. Select the “Software Restriction Policies”.
4. Please ensure that there is software restrictions listed in there. If it is not shown there you first need to create Software Restriction Policies
5. Select Software restriction policy and then click “Create new Policy” option.
6. Under the option “Object Type” selects “Enforcement”.
7. Set option to “All users except local administrators”.
8. Press “OK”.
9. Now just “Restart” your system.
Windows 7
For all versions without the premium features and policies, just turn the User account control off and this will help you out. To do it just follow these simple steps -
Go to “start” –> Control Panel –> User Accounts –> Turn UAC Off
For versions with secpol.msc (professional, enterprise and Ultimate)
1. Go to “Start”, click on “Run”, type the following in the run panel “control admintools”, and then press “Enter”
2. Find Local Security Policy. Double click to open it.
3. Select the “Software Restriction Policies”.
4. Please ensure that there is software restrictions listed in there. If it is unavailable there you will have to create Software Restriction Policies in the first place.
5. Select Software restriction policy and then click “Create new Policy” option.
6. Under the option “Object Type” selects “Enforcement”.
7. Set option to “All users except local administrators”.
8. Press “OK”.
9. Now just “Restart” your system.
Another Tip (versions with secpol.msc) that might work:
1. Select the installer that you want to install
2. Right click it and select “Run as” admin.
3. Enter the password or leave blank if you have not set any password for admin.
4. Follow the normal installation instructions.
Server 2003/2008
This irritating problem arises when there is no specific action defined to handle such installations. This problem can be more or less solved with the same trick of group policies. Follow the instructions’ provide in the Windows Vista section and then -
1. Select the program you want to install.
2. Right click it and select the “run as” option.
3. Select Admin option
VMWARE
This is the most common issue with the vmware installation. This is due to the fact that this program requires higher security clearance from the Operating system to run successfully. By default the Windows 7 and Vista users have higher chances of encountering this error while installing vmware rather than Windows Xp or Server 2003. The reason is the introduction of UAC, in vista and seven. Now here as well, the trick is to follow the procedures for the Windows 7 steps mentioned above. Then try installing the program again. If this fails again try installing the program with “right click” run as admin privileges. Still if the installation fails with this error message, try setting a password for the administrator account. And then follow the last mentioned procedure again. This will surely solve your problem.
I hope that this will solve all related issues for different version of windows. If you are still having problems, related to this error message, just post back your problem in the comment section, I will try to solve out your problems as fast as possible.
