Admin Privileges don't work

From: Gary (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 06:39:14 -0700

Hi all,
       My administrative account is the only one assigned
admin privileges, but now each time i try & use them, I
get "you don't have sufficientsecurity privileges" this
is on the server - add / remove hotfixes/ programs etc &
also all our XP clients, which means I can't windows
update, system restore etc. I've made my own account a
member of the admins group but still no privileges
granted. I've googled & all I can findd is Kb 313222 -
reset security settings back to default. Again i can't do
this as I can't backup the system state of each machine!
The last time I used the admin privilege was May update
when I did all critical updates on the XP boxes and
Server PLUS I upgraded ie on the server from 5.5 to 6.
could this be the problem? trouble is, I can't remove the
hotfix. Any suggestions / help would be appreciated.

TIA
Gary

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